Sysadmins World

As in my previous post I describe a method to have SecureClient R56 running on Snow Leopard. However, if you have  a lot of machines to be installed an VPN Client, it might be worth just doing the changes inside the package. So it must be done only once. All you need to later, just running the Package on Snow Leopard without editing anything.

It requires some knowledge using the shell, so a basic understanding of Linux commands would be good.

To get around the Leopard Check

1. edit two  Files inside the package (Right-Click on the Package / Show Package Contents. This opens finder within the package.

Once you want to uninstall SecureClient R56 HFA1 on Snow Leopard, it might leave 2 or 3 files on your receipts folder. This is not a big issue as long you are not reinstalling the SecureClient. But if so, the installer will  end with “succeeded”. Unfortunately SecureClient is not in the Application folder nor in /opt. Nothing really is installed.

After you uninstalled SecureClient with Checkpoints uninstaller (Application/Checkpoint/uninstall) you have to remove 2 or 3 files in a receipts folder. Afterwards a new installation of SecureClient should be really succeed in showing up the Application.

We all remember, once Leopard was out it took Checkpoint quite a long time to update their VPN client. Now Snow Leopard is out and it begins …

After installing Snow Leopard, Checkpoints SecureClient refuses to install and if already installed (through an upgrade) it won’t start at all.

I did some investigation and I finaly made it working since Apple hasn’t changed too much.

1. The Checkpoint installer refuses to install

The installer checks up for the Darwin Kernel version 9. In Snow Leopard we have version 10. So two files need to be edit within the installer package.