NOTE: Our current capabilities to assist with remote deploy configurations are limited due to the unique remote deployment methods of our customers. The information in this article is intended as a template or to share methods we've found helpful for other customers.
Extensis Fonts has options for deploying its auto-activation plug-ins from the command line. Network administrators can use these commands in a remote management application or as part of a deployment script.
Monotype Connect for Mac
sudo "/Applications/Extensis Connect.app/Contents/Resources/plugin-installer" [--install-all | --uninstall-all|--uninstall-obsolete|--list]- --install-all Installs all available plug-ins
- --uninstall-all Removes all available plug-ins
- --uninstall-obsolete Removes all plug-ins that come from older versions of Extensis Fonts. This will also remove Suitcase Fusion and Universal Type Client plug-ins
- --list Generates a list of available plug-ins and their current installation state
NOTE: Please do not include brackets when running the command.
The plugin-installer executable is in /Applications/Extensis Connect.app/Contents/Resources. It must be run using sudo or installing and uninstalling plug-ins will fail.
When finished plugin-installer returns a JSON object with a single property, results. The results object has one property, succeeded.
succeededReturnstrueif the operation was successful,falseotherwise
Monotype Connect for Windows
"C:\Program Files\Extensis\Connect Fonts\ConnectPluginInstaller.exe" [/install|/uninstall|/list]- /install Installs all available plug-ins
- /uninstall Removes all available plug-ins
- /list Generates a list of available plug-ins and their current installation state
NOTE: Please do not include brackets when running the command.
ConnectPluginInstaller.exe is in C:\Program Files\Extensis\Extensis Connect. These commands must be run with Administrator privileges or installing and uninstalling plug-ins will fail.