Running .pkg on MAC OS from java code

Question

Am trying to run a .mpkg application from my java code :

public void runNewPkg(){

try {

           String command = \"sudo installer -pkg Snip.mpkg -target /App         


        

Answer 1

You can provide the password to sudo:

echo "p@sw0rd" | sudo -S cal -y 2011

The command above runs 'cal -y 2011' with root permissions.