Use Addigy Smart Software to silently install Vectorworks 2025 across a managed Mac fleet, including installer handling and deployment checks.

We use Addigy Smart Software to roll this out across a multi-tenant fleet. Hopefully VW2026 won’t break it!

Script
#!/bin/bash
# Define the base directory variable for easier reuse
base_dir="/path/to/VectorWorks 2025 Installer"
# Change to the base directory
cd "$base_dir" || { echo "Failed to cd to $base_dir"; exit 1; }
# If the install manager app doesn't exist, unzip the installer zip quietly
if [ ! -d "$base_dir/Vectorworks 2025 Install Manager.app" ]; then
  unzip -qq "Vectorworks 2025 Install Manager-30.x.xxxxxx-mac.zip"
fi
# Set permissions recursively to 777 (full access)
chmod -R 0777 "$base_dir"
# Create the install script file with proper indentation and quoting
cat <<EOF > "$base_dir/vw2025_install_script.sh"
#!/bin/bash
su AddigySSH -c 'sudo "$base_dir/Vectorworks 2025 Install Manager.app/Contents/Resources/cli.sh" install --installdir "/Applications/Vectorworks 2025" --serial "xxxxxx" --uid 401 --gid 20'
EOF
# Make the created script executable and run it
chmod +x "$base_dir/vw2025_install_script.sh"
sh "$base_dir/vw2025_install_script.sh"
# If the Libraries directory exists, set its permissions recursively to 777
libs_dir="/Applications/Vectorworks 2025/Libraries"
if [ -d "$libs_dir" ]; then
  chmod -R 0777 "$libs_dir"
fi