Installing Rosetta from a script

Hi,
I need to be able to install the rosetta component in Snow Leopard from a script file. We have a management tool that allows us to run scripts on our macbooks. We need to install a new piece of software across the company and this software requires rosetta to be installed. Some of the older macbooks are fine but the newer ones need to have it installed.
We can detect whether it's there or not but for love nor money I can't find out how to install it from the terminal or a script.
I've tried;
installer -pkg /path/to/Optional\ Installs.mpkg -target /
which says that it is installed but looking at it none of the components there have actually been installed.
There must be a way to tell the installer which features within the Optional Installs package need to be installed.
Any ideas?
Olly

Hello,
Did you ever figure out how to do this? I'm working on the same scenario. My next step was to copy the /usr/libexec/oah/ folder to another mac and figuring out how to add an entry to /Library/Receipts/InstallHistory.plist. Please let me know.
Thanks!

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It came with lion. I bought snow leopard to upgrade the mbp, then upgraded that to lion.
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