Yes! Absolutely.
Please note, I have merely copied verbatim my answer from here and added a clip from here
These instructions are for use in /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app
Just open Terminal.app, and follow along!
Happy Administrating!
The App Store is simply not suitable for administration. Barely a quasi-package manager, it is not nearly as useful or reliable as real package managers like pkgsrc, FreeBSD ports, aptitude, RPM, macports or even softwareupdate. In my experience, it is unpredictable and a beard for commercial developers to hock their wares. So there is really only one rational and responsible way, as a competent administrator, to work with App Store:
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.store_helper.plist
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.storeagent.plist
sudo mkdir /System/Library/LaunchAgents\ \(disabled\)/
sudo mv /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.store* /System/Library/LaunchAgents\ \(disabled\)/
And just put it out of your mind, it won't trouble you any longer. ;-)
softwareupdate
In order to update your Apple Software, you can use softwareupdate.
man softwareupdate # softwareupdate man page
softwareupdate -h # softwareupdate help
softwareupdate -l # list available updates
sudo softwareupdare -i -r # use this install all recommended updates
MacPorts
If you're looking for a mature package management solution, for OS X I recommend MacPorts. MacPorts requires an appropriate version of xcode; xcode_5.1.1.dmg is the most recent version for Mavericks.
Get to know MacPorts
Install MacPorts
curl -Ok https://distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/MacPorts-2.2.1.tar.bz2
tar xf MacPorts-2.2.1.tar.bz2
cd MacPorts-2.2.1
./configure
make
sudo make install # *not war!*
cd ..
rm -rf Macports-*
sudo /opt/local/bin/port -v selfupdate
add MacPorts to your $PATH:
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
If for whatever reason you need to remove MacPorts
to completely uninstall MacPorts
sudo port -dfp uninstall --follow-dependencies installed
sudo port -dfp uninstall all
sudo rm -rf /opt/local
sudo rm -rf /Library/Tcl/macports*
Apple Remote Desktop
And/or use ARD instead, though not a package manager, it manages packages, installations, updates, and upgrades, it will do what you want, save you time, and will not let you down:
For Apple Remote Desktop 3, for 10.9:
Check out the admin guide first to convince yourself that this is the way to go:
curl -Ok http://images.apple.com/ca/fr/remotedesktop/pdf/ARD3_AdminGuide.pdf
open ARD3_AdminGuide.pdf
Then install:
curl -Ok http://supportdownload.apple.com/download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/Mac_OS_X/downloads/031-2845.20140313.rerft/RemoteDesktopAdmin372.dmg
hdiutil attach -quiet -noverify -nobrowse -noautoopen RemoteDesktopAdmin372.dmg
sudo installer -pkg /Volumes/Apple\ Remote\ Desktop\ 3.7.2\ Admin\ Update/RemoteDesktopAdmin372.pkg -target /
but that might throw a funny error if not running 10.9, or if no previous version of ARD is installed, and if it does, try:
pkgutil --expand /Volumes/Apple\ Remote\ Desktop\ 3.7.2\ Admin\ Update/RemoteDesktopAdmin372.pkg ARDexpanded/
or to equal effect (either/or here, don't need to use both pkgutil and xar... I'm just being thorough):
mkdir ARDexpanded
cd ARDexpanded
xar -xf /Volumes/Apple\ Remote\ Desktop\ 3.7.2\ Admin\ Update/RemoteDesktopAdmin372.pkg
And we no longer need the disk image attached, so eject it:
hdiutil detach -quiet /Volumes/Apple\ Remote\ Desktop\ 3.7.2\ Admin\ Update/
And now what you'll see if you
cd ARDexpanded/RemoteDesktopAdmin372.pkg/
ls
is
Bom PackageInfo Payload Scripts
What's in the Payload file, which is a cpio archive compressed with gzip, is what you're after. So with a few piped commands we can get to the app bundle:
cat Payload | gzip -d - | cpio -id
ls
returns:
Applications Bom Library PackageInfo Payload Scripts
And you're nearly done.
cp -R Applications/Remote\ Desktop.app /Applications/
Now you have installed Apple Remote Desktop Admin 3.7.2
So all that's left to do is purchase your license:
open http://store.apple.com/us_smb_78313/product/D6020Z/A/apple-remote-desktop-3-volume-licenses-20-seats-price-is-per-seat
Launch /Applications/Remote\ Desktop.app and serialize. And get some work done.
For 10.6 Snow Leopard, you'll need a slightly earlier version of ARD:
curl -Ok http://images.apple.com/ca/fr/remotedesktop/pdf/ARD3_AdminGuide.pdf
curl -Ok http://supportdownload.apple.com/download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/Mac_OS_X/downloads/041-6789.20120917.xD6TR/RemoteDesktopAdmin353.dmg
hdiutil attach -quiet -noverify -nobrowse -noautoopen RemoteDesktopAdmin353.dmg
sudo installer -pkg /Volumes/Apple\ Remote\ Desktop\ 3.5.3\ Admin\ Update/RemoteDesktopAdmin353.pkg -target /
and if it throws back at you this:
installer: Cannot install on volume / because it is disabled.
installer: This update could not find Remote Desktop on this volume.
then try:
pkgutil --expand /Volumes/Apple\ Remote\ Desktop\ 3.5.3\ Admin\ Update/RemoteDesktopAdmin353.pkg ARD353
hdiutil detach -quiet /Volumes/Apple\ Remote\ Desktop\ 3.5.3\ Admin\ Update
drill down to the Payload:
cd ARD353/RemoteDesktopAdmin353.pkg/
ls
returns:
Bom PackageInfo Payload Scripts
So run:
cat Payload | gzip -d - | cpio -id
ls
returns:
Applications Bom Library PackageInfo Payload Scripts
And you're nearly done:
cp -R Applications/Remote\ Desktop.app /Applications/
purchase your license:
open http://store.apple.com/us_smb_78313/product/D6020Z/A/apple-remote-desktop-3-volume-licenses-20-seats-price-is-per-seat
Launch /Applications/Remote\ Desktop.app and serialize. And get something done.
