How to Install Firefox and Chrome on macOS using JumpCloud Commands

As you have probably seen I have written a fair few commands to make my life easier using JumpCloud. However, I cannot believe I had not published this one. Needless to say, it’s simple enough as always, but it talks you through how to install Firefox and Chrome using JumpCloud. Any questions please leave a comment or find me on Twitter.

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

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