How to Install Firefox and Chrome on macOS using JumpCloud Commands

We at HelpFully IT are big fans and partners of JumpCloud. The way it simplifies desktop and server management in an all-remote environment makes life 100% easier. Below is the first of a bunch of scripts I’ve moved from the personal blog to the HelpFullyIT.com blog. This one is on installing Firefox and Chrome on macOS.

# Script to download, Silent Install and then clean up once installed Mozila Firefox & Google Chrome
# Writen by twitter.com/richhickson
# www.helpfullyit.com

#Make temp folder for downloads.
mkdir "/tmp/browsers/";
cd "/tmp/browsers/";

#Download Chrome and Firefox.
curl -L -o /tmp/browsers/firefox.dmg "https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest-ssl&os=osx&lang=en-GB";
curl -L -o /tmp/browsers/chrome.dmg "https://dl.google.com/chrome/mac/stable/GGRO/googlechrome.dmg";

#Mount DMGs
hdiutil attach /tmp/browsers/firefox.dmg;
hdiutil attach /tmp/browsers/chrome.dmg;

#Copy App to Applications
sudo cp -R "/Volumes/Firefox/Firefox.app" /Applications;
sudo cp -R "/Volumes/Google Chrome/Google Chrome.app" /Applications;

#Unmount DMG
hdiutil detach /Volumes/Firefox;
hdiutil detach "/Volumes/Google Chrome";

#Remove Temp Files (Temp Removed)
sudo rm -rf "/tmp/browsers/";

This script and blog post was initially posted on RichardHickson.com and written by twitter.com/richhickson