Arliss Renwick Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 In previous versions of VW, I'd run the installbuilder.sh from inside the installer, and pass along the serial, user, etc with the unattendedmodeui none --mode unattended switches, ensuring the client wouldn't interact with the installer. Now, in 2018, installbuilder.sh has been replaced with "Vectorworks 2018 Installer" which runs with full client interaction, ignoring the switches. Is there a way to perform a silent install of 2018? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 14, 2017 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 14, 2017 From our QA team, we plan to revise the article ASAP: "The silent install has changed slightly from 2017 to 2018, in that on windows you now need to uncompress the install executable manually into a folder before running the silent installer. The executable file you need to kick off the silent installer will be in the \win-unpacked\resources\installer\ folder on windows, and named “Install Vectorworks2018.exe”. Open a command prompt window as an administrator and use the following command: \win-unpacked\resources\installer\install-Vectorworks2018.exe --unattendedmodeui none --Serial EDXUSA-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX --UserName <user name goes here> --CompName <company name goes here> --installdir <install directory goes here> --mode unattended On the Mac you will need to first launch the installer .dmg file, which will open a volume called “Vectorworks 2018 Installer” in your finder. From the Mac terminal, type in the following command: sudo /Volumes/Vectorworks\ 2018\ Installer/Vectorworks\ 2018\ Installer.app/Contents/Resources/installer/Install\ Vectorworks2018.app/Contents/MacOS/installbuilder.sh --unattendedmodeui none --mode unattended --Serial EDMUSA-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX --UserName <name goes here> --CompName <computer name goes here> --installdir <install directory goes here> Note: When replacing the user name, company name, and install directory, do not include the “<” or “>” characters." Quote Link to comment
Arliss Renwick Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 Like I said in my post, here's no "installbuilder.sh" located in Vectorworks 2018 Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/. It's now an executable called "Vectorworks 2018 Installer" which ignores any of the switches that allowed installbilder.sh to run silently. The solution for the Mac (which we are using) doesn't work (see attached.) Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Mike Lamb Posted September 14, 2017 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 14, 2017 Hi Arliss, Its there, you just need to go deeper into the /Resources/installer folder. Did you try running the command line in Jim's post? Try running it without the sudo in front the first time, if you get an error that you need the sudo, add it in. Let me know if this works for you. Mike 1 Quote Link to comment
Arliss Renwick Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 Whoops, I needed to look closer at that path! You're right, it's there. Glad to be wrong on this one - thanks for help! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Mike Lamb Posted September 14, 2017 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 14, 2017 Yep, that path is a tricky one! Quote Link to comment
Bret Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 On 9/14/2017 at 9:49 AM, JimW said: From our QA team, we plan to revise the article ASAP: Jim, where might that article be found? I don't see anything in the knowledgebase addressing silent install since VW2016...is that the most recent documentation? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 25, 2017 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 25, 2017 1 minute ago, Bret said: Jim, where might that article be found? I don't see anything in the knowledgebase addressing silent install since VW2016...is that the most recent documentation? Correct, apparently (I have not used or tested it personally) it had not changed since 2016 until 2018. New article is pending. Quote Link to comment
Ralf Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 On 14.9.2017 at 6:49 PM, JimW said: From our QA team, we plan to revise the article ASAP: "The silent install has changed slightly from 2017 to 2018, in that on windows you now need to uncompress the install executable manually into a folder before running the silent installer. The executable file you need to kick off the silent installer will be in the \win-unpacked\resources\installer\ folder on windows, and named “Install Vectorworks2018.exe”. Open a command prompt window as an administrator and use the following command: [..] On the Mac you will need to first launch the installer .dmg file, which will open a volume called “Vectorworks 2018 Installer” in your finder. From the Mac terminal, type in the following command: sudo /Volumes/Vectorworks\ 2018\ Installer/Vectorworks\ 2018\ Installer.app/Contents/Resources/installer/Install\ Vectorworks2018.app/Contents/MacOS/installbuilder.sh --unattendedmodeui none --mode unattended --Serial EDMUSA-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX --UserName <name goes here> --CompName <computer name goes here> --installdir <install directory goes here> Note: When replacing the user name, company name, and install directory, do not include the “<” or “>” characters." for german Mac-users it should be sudo /Volumes/Vectorworks\ 2018/Vectorworks\ 2018\ installieren.app/Contents/Resources/installer/Install\ Vectorworks2018.app/Contents/MacOS/installbuilder.sh --unattendedmodeui none --mode unattended --Serial BDXGMZ-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX --UserName Benutzer --CompName Firma --installdir /Applications/Vectorworks\ 2018 Quote Link to comment
Stealthcar81 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Somehow Vectorworks 2018 Dutch won't install silently with the following command: Install Vectorworks 2018 Installer.EXE --unattendedmodeui minimalWithDialogs --Serial XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX --UserName TEST --CompName Comp --mode unattended Error I receive are inclosed. I extracted the exe first and then used the the install command. I Used the --help Quote Link to comment
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