Installing *.dmg via CLI

Question

How are *.dmg packages installed via the command line?
I noticed that they can be mounted with:

me@MacBook-Pro:~$ open /Users/me/Downloads/installer.dmg

What's next?

As long as you do not want to specify another destination and your software is in pkg format, you go:
sudo installer -pkg /Volumes/DMGNAME/PKGNAME -target /

Be careful: if your software requires a reboot afterwards, the installer will not automatically do this. You have to do it on your own. (Reference: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20030614230204397) — Martin Allert, Sep 14 '15 at 14:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 14 '15 at 14:00

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Assuming that the diskimage contains a package or packages, you would list the packages on the mounted filesystem and then use /usr/sbin/installer

answered Sep 14 '15 at 14:00

fd0

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 14 '15 at 14:00

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After mounting, you need to cd /Volumes/xyz (where xyz is the mounted volume)

answered Sep 14 '15 at 14:00

At0micMutex

And then do what to install the software? – nohillside Sep 14 '15 at 14:53
@patrix yep. You should use "hdiutil mount diskimage.dmg" instead of the open command – At0micMutex Sep 14 '15 at 22:13

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