You can silently install
Spotfire Analyst
(the Spotfire Windows client) by using a
.msi file, also known as a Windows Installer Package.
Procedure
-
Open a command line as an administrator.
-
Extract the
.msi file from the .exe file by running the
setup-shared-computer-<version>.exe file
and stopping at the first screen (the Welcome page).
This unpacks the
.msi file in the following location:
C:\ProgramData\Package
Cache\{<GUID>}v<version>\ts-setup.msi.
-
Copy the
ts-setup.msi file to a different location on the
computer, and then cancel the interactive installation that you started.
-
Replace the parameters in the following script:
msiexec /qn /i "<FULL PATH>\ts-setup.msi" SETUPEXEDIR="<location>" ALLUSERS=1 SERVERURL=http[s]://<hostname>:[<port>]/ INSTALLDIR="<location>"
Table 1. Silent
installation parameters
| Parameter
|
Description
|
| FULL PATH
|
The full path to the
ts-setup.msi file.
|
| SETUPEXEDIR
|
Must be specified for the .msi package
to work correctly.
The location from which the install script will be run. It
can be any directory to which the installation account has write access, for
example, "%TEMP%".
|
| SERVERURL
|
The server to which
Spotfire Analyst
will connect the first time that the client is started.
|
| INSTALLDIR
|
The installation directory for
Spotfire Analyst.
If not specified, the program will be installed in the standard %programfiles%
folder.
|
Note: To see a
progress bar during the installation, change "qn" to "qb".
-
Run the script.
Example
msiexec /qn /i "C:\Desktop\ts-setup.msi" SETUPEXEDIR="%TEMP%" ALLUSERS=1 SERVERURL=https://spotfireserver.example.com:8080/ INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files (x86)"