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title: 'Apple Remote Desktop: Creating Installers'
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hero: https://source.unsplash.com/_NGCma7mAw4/1270x952
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hero credit: https://unsplash.com/photos/_NGCma7mAw4
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hero credit text: reza shayestehpour
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hero-align: center 65%
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header: header-no-gradient
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# hero credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pslee999/15589950511/
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date: 2016-01-25
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layout: Post
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tags:
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- university tech
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As a followup to my previous post, I was trying to create an Apple Remote Desktop installer. This is usually something that's fairly trivial:
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1. Open Apple Remote Desktop
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2. Open `File` > `Create Client Installer...`
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3. Answer wizard questions
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4. Profit!
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However, on trying this on my 10.11 Server install, I was instead presented with this:
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In theory, ARD is supposed to automatically download components (like the client) which it doesn't have, and I actually managed to coax my local install of ARD, which had previously been giving the same error message, to do so.
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In any event, if this happens, you can actually cheat and grab the client yourself from Apple's servers:
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[http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/59/10/031-23124/x0sj4t1vbimv6h3ejhjzf3nwa6vt9ekxgd/RemoteDesktopClientShell.pkg](http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/59/10/031-23124/x0sj4t1vbimv6h3ejhjzf3nwa6vt9ekxgd/RemoteDesktopClientShell.pkg)
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Not really sure if this is a good idea or not, but it fixed the problem for me!
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