AutoPkg Level-Up

Speakers: Anthony Reimer

Level: Fundamental, Lecture

Excerpt: So you’ve recently found AutoPkg and have been using the AutoPkgr GUI to run recipes created by others. Things are going well (except perhaps for those pesky trust info warnings) but there are other software titles you’d like to add that don’t currently have recipes. This session will help you “level up” with AutoPkg, including understanding how to read recipes, various methods to create your own recipes, recipe best practices, and how to use AutoPkg at the command line to help develop recipes and manage trust info.

Description: So you’ve recently found AutoPkg and have been using the AutoPkgr GUI to run recipes created by others. Things are going well (except perhaps for those pesky trust info warnings) but there are other software titles you’d like to add that don’t currently have recipes. This session will help you “level up” with AutoPkg, including understanding how to read recipes, various methods to create your own recipes, recipe best practices, and how to use AutoPkg at the command line to help develop recipes and manage trust info. While this session will be best suited to people with some familiarity with AutoPkg, a general overview will be included so that people who are not currently leveraging AutoPkg can also benefit.


About the speaker

Anthony Reimer (Twitter: @AnthonyReimer) – Head Technician, Integrated Arts Media Labs – University of Calgary

Anthony has been the Head Technician of the IAML at the University of Calgary since 1996, supporting work with Macs and other digital technology in Music, Art, Drama and Dance. He has given presentations on technology to artists and non-artists alike at major conferences like this one, MacTech, MacAD.UK, and MacIT. He is one of the founding organizers of the MacDeployment Conference and meetups in Calgary. When he’s not busy being a Mac Admin, Anthony conducts Foothills Concert Band and is an avid curler.

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