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--- commandline_install [2022/01/10 03:57] – [OSX] o2wiki
+++ commandline_install [2026/10/10 10:12] (current) – Updated for the new PowerScripts installer (L10) and PowerScripts 3.8 remoteuser
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-====== Command Line Installation  ======
+====== Command Line Installation ======
-===== Important update  =====
+This page was for the previous **PowerScripts Updater** and PowerScripts 3.7 and older, which are no longer supported.
-From June 2021 Creative Cloud Desktop app will include a new command line tool for plugin installation: the Unified Plugin Installer Agent (UPIA). UPIA will replace ExManCmd, which will be deprecated and phased out.** The command line arguments are the same as ExManCmd.**
-**UPIA will be automatically installed and updated by the  Creative Cloud Desktop, so no action will be necessary for most users.**
+PowerScripts now installs with one small file you drop onto Illustrator - no installer app, no administrator rights:
+  * [[installing_windows|Windows and macOS Installation]]
+  * [[installhelp|Installation Help]]
-UPIA command line tool is installed at the locations
+IT administrators who need a signed ZXP file for their own deployment tools can email support@o2creative.co.nz.
-  * Windows: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\RemoteComponents\UPI\UnifiedPluginInstallerAgent
-  * macOS: /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Adobe\ Desktop\Common/RemoteComponents/UPI/UnifiedPluginInstallerAgent/UnifiedPluginInstallerAgent.app
-See this Adobe Tech Blog article for more information
-[[https://medium.com/adobetech/new-command-line-tool-for-plugin-installation-replaces-exmancmd-c38b4bf9d8e4|New Command Line Tool for Plugin Installation Replaces ExManCmd]]
-==== OSX ====
-)   <del>Download the ExManCmd tool from the Adobe Partners Website</del>  Use the Preinstalled UPIA Installer
-  * [[https://partners.adobe.com/exchangeprogram/creativecloud/support/exman-com-line-tool.html]]
-)  Open the DMG file you downloaded. (you may want to copy the Command folder to your computer) \\
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-)  Open the Contents folder and locate ExManCmd \\
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-)  Open the Terminal. The Terminal app is in the Utilities folder in Applications. To open it, either open your Applications folder, then open Utilities and double-click on Terminal, or press Command - spacebar to launch Spotlight and type "Terminal," then double-click the search result.
-) Drag the "ExManCmd" file to the terminal, this will enter in the Location of the "ExManCmd" file into the terminal \\
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-) Add " --install " after "ExManCmd, and make sure there are spaces \\
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-) Locate the ZXP file you downloaded, and drag it to the terminal window \\
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-) Press enter to run the installer. It will install the extension or show and error below. \\
-) If you get an error message that the file can not be opened, then click cancel, you will see an error "Killed X" in the Terminal \\
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-) Open **System Preferences** on OSX and go to "Security and Privacy", Press **Allow Anyway** \\
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-) Run Install command again, Pressing the up arrow key on the keyboard will bring up the last entered command \\
-) When you run the command for the second time, you will have the option to open \\
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-) When Installed you will see a message in the terminal. Close the terminal \\
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-==== Windows  ====
-)   <del>Download the ExManCmd tool from the Adobe Partners Website</del> Use the Preinstalled UPIA Installer
-  * [[https://partners.adobe.com/exchangeprogram/creativecloud/support/exman-com-line-tool.html]]
-)  Extract the ExManCmd to a folder \\
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-)  Download the ZXP file from the Installer page, and place it in the same folder as ExManCmd.exe \\
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-)  Run the Command Prompt as an Administrator, On windows search for "Cmd" and then select the command prompt and choose Run as Administrator (or right-click on the Command Prompt and select run as administrator ) \\
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-)  Change directory to the ExManCmd Folder
-) Run the following command "ExManCmd.exe /install extension.zxp" where "extension.zxp" is the file you downloaded. Visit the above website for details on using ExManCmd here [[https://helpx.adobe.com/nz/extension-manager/using/command-line.html]]  \\
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