With these instructions you can obtain the information you need to set up required software policies for your operating system:
Windows
- Install the desired software on a test machine.
- Navigate to the Control Panel and select Programs and Features.
- Use the example here to find the values from your machine and fill in the Package Name and Version in the Automox console.
macOS
- Install the desired software on a test machine.
- Navigate to the Applications folder and find the application you installed.
- Right click on the application and select Get Info.
- Use the values circled below to fill in the Package Name and Version field.
Linux
- Install the desired software on a test machine
- Based on your version of Linux, use the respective command listed here to show your installed software:
Debian:aptitude search ~i --disable-columns -V -F "%p|%v"
CentOS:repoquery --plugins --pkgnarrow=installed -a --qf "%{name}.%{arch}|%{version}-%{release}"
Fedora:dnf repoquery --installed --qf "%{name}.%{arch}|%{version}-%{release}"
RedHat:repoquery --plugins --pkgnarrow=installed -a --qf "%{name}.%{arch}|%{version}-%{release}”
Amazon:repoquery --pkgnarrow=installed -a --qf "%{name}.%{arch}|%{version}-%{release}"
SUSE:
zypper se -is | egrep "^. | " | grep -v "S | Name" | awk '{OFS = "|"; ORS = "\n"; NAME=$3"."$9; VERSION=$7; print NAME,VERSION;}'
- Use the values circled in this example to fill in the Package Name and Version in the Automox console.