Install the Session Manager plugin on macOS
Choose one of the following topics to install the Session Manager plugin on macOS. The bundled installer uses a ZIP file. Once unzipped, you can install the plugin using the binary. The signed installer is a signed .pkg file.
Topics
Install the Session Manager plugin on macOS
This section describes how to install the Session Manager plugin on macOS using the bundled installer.
Important
The bundled installer doesn't support installing to paths that contain spaces.
To install the Session Manager plugin using the bundled installer (macOS)
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Download the bundled installer.
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Unzip the package.
unzip sessionmanager-bundle.zip
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Run the install command.
sudo ./sessionmanager-bundle/install -i /usr/local/sessionmanagerplugin -b /usr/local/bin/session-manager-plugin
Note
The plugin requires either Python 2.6.5 or later, or Python 3.3 or later. By default, the install script runs under the system default version of Python. If you have installed an alternative version of Python and want to use that to install the Session Manager plugin, run the install script with that version by absolute path to the Python executable. The following is an example.
sudo /usr/local/bin/python3.8 sessionmanager-bundle/install -i /usr/local/sessionmanagerplugin -b /usr/local/bin/session-manager-plugin
The installer installs the Session Manager plugin at
/usr/local/sessionmanagerplugin
and creates the symlinksession-manager-plugin
in the/usr/local/bin
directory. This eliminates the need to specify the install directory in the user's$PATH
variable.To see an explanation of the
-i
and-b
options, use the-h
option../sessionmanager-bundle/install -h
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Verify that the installation was successful. For information, see Verify the Session Manager plugin installation.
Note
To uninstall the plugin, run the following two commands in the order shown.
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/sessionmanagerplugin
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/session-manager-plugin
Install the Session Manager plugin on macOS with the signed installer
This section describes how to install the Session Manager plugin on macOS using the signed installer.
To install the Session Manager plugin using the signed installer (macOS)
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Download the signed installer.
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Run the install commands.
sudo installer -pkg session-manager-plugin.pkg -target / sudo ln -s /usr/local/sessionmanagerplugin/bin/session-manager-plugin /usr/local/bin/session-manager-plugin
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Verify that the installation was successful. For information, see Verify the Session Manager plugin installation.