Difference between revisions of "ITunes"

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Apple iTunes

Apple iTunes is a program to both play different types of media, but it is also required if you want to sync an iPhone with outlook in a corporate environment. you can get it [here]. It comes bundled with multiple sub programs. Some are desired and some are not. I will post below the minimum required ones to get a get iTunes working. It will include the iTunes, Quicktime and Apple Mobile Device Support.

Pre-Setup Process

The iTunes installer does not have a silent option. One must do the following to extract the msi's from the package.

 * Download the setup file from apple.
 * Begin the setup process, but do not proceed any further.
 * Goto your Temp folder for your profile "C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Temp
 * Find the iTunes Temp folder there.  (it will probably be random name, so sort by last modified time)
 * Copy multiple MSI packages to a directory for your choosing.
 * You can now stop the iTunes install.

I rename my packages to remove any spaces and or to shorten the name. My XML will reflect that, so keep that in mind

** NOTE **: Each sub-application has it's own version. When a new version for iTunes comes out, you will need to install all the applications on a test box and see which sub-applications have updated. You will find that most of the time it is just the iTunes msi that has a new revision and the others remain the same. Each one also has it's own uninstall command.

XML

Deploy File/Folder Structure

 %SOFTWARE%\itunes\8.0.1.11\iTunes.msi
 %SOFTWARE%\itunes\8.0.1.11\QuickTime.msi
 %SOFTWARE%\itunes\8.0.1.11\AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi

<package
	id="itunes"
	name="Apple iTunes"
	revision="8.0.1.11"
	reboot="false"
	priority="1">
	
	<check type="file" condition="versiongreaterorequal" path="%PROGRAMFILES%\iTunes\iTunes.exe" value="8.0.1.11"/>

	<install cmd="msiexec.exe /qn /norestart /i %SOFTWARE%\itunes\8.0.1.11\iTunes.msi" />
	<upgrade cmd="msiexec.exe /qn /norestart /i %SOFTWARE%\itunes\8.0.1.11\iTunes.msi" />
	<remove cmd="msiexec.exe /qn /uninstall {DDDE0BE3-0CBE-4BF6-B75A-E3F69C947843}" />
</package>
<package
	id="quicktime"
	name="Apple Quicktime"
	revision="7.55.90.70"
	reboot="false"
	priority="1">


	<depends package-id="itunes"/>
	<check type="file" condition="versiongreaterorequal" path="%PROGRAMFILES%\QuickTime\QuickTimePlayer.exe" value="7.55.90.70"/>
	<install cmd="msiexec /qn /i %SOFTWARE%\itunes\8.0.1.11\QuickTime.msi" />
	<upgrade cmd="msiexec /qn /i %SOFTWARE%\itunes\8.0.1.11\QuickTime.msi" />
	<remove cmd="msiexec /qn /uninstall {8DC42D05-680B-41B0-8878-6C14D24602DB}" />
</package>
<package
	id="applemobile"
	name="Apple Mobile Device Support"
	revision="2.1.1.13"
	reboot="false"
	priority="1">

	<depends package-id="itunes"/>
	<check type="registry"  condition="equals" path="HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{976C2B2A-CE59-4AB3-83FB-BF895E28F2E6}\DisplayVersion" value="2.1.1.13"/>
	<install cmd="msiexec /qn /i %SOFTWARE%\itunes\8.0.1.11\AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi" />
	<upgrade cmd="msiexec /qn /i %SOFTWARE%\itunes\8.0.1.11\AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi" />
	<remove cmd="msiexec /qn /uninstall {976C2B2A-CE59-4AB3-83FB-BF895E28F2E6}" />
</package>