Running An Unattended Install

bigmonmulgrew
bigmonmulgrew
in Installation

Hi guys


How do I run a silent install from a command line/batch file?

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  • bigmonmulgrew
    bigmonmulgrew

    aalso if I do a silent install would I be correct in assuming that the 30 day trial gets installed and I will have to input a serial code later.

  • Unknown
    Unknown

    Hello,


    I will give you an example as I believe this way you will understand it the easiest: Ex: c:\bitdefender.exe /bdparams /silent


    where:


    - bitdefender.exe is the name of the installation kit file;


    NOTE: the silent install will ONLY work using the offline installation kit (the big installation file).


    Also indeed, your assumption was correct: performing a silent install will start a trial of 30 days.


    If you have any further queries don't hesitate to contact us anytime!

  • bigmonmulgrew
    bigmonmulgrew

    unfortunately when doing this I'm given a message asking if I would like to download the latest installation files and then the installation proceeds like a standard install.

  • rootkit
    rootkit ✭✭✭
    edited November 2011

    Hello


    If you use the small kit(the online kit), you won't receive that message.


    Download the file from here:


    http://forum.bitdefender.com/index.php?act...f=241&id=44


    Unpack it in a folder(with 7-Zip, WinZIP, WinRAR, etc)


    Now, from command prompt, browse to that folder using the change directory command (cd) and run this command from silent install:


    setupdownloader.exe/silent


    Thank you.

  • nayan007
    nayan007
    edited November 2011

    Hi,


    Really I am enjoying reading all this kind of solutions which I don't know.Thank for posting.

  • bigmonmulgrew
    bigmonmulgrew

    ok firstly the good points


    using the online installer it has done a silent install.


    I downloaded the latest isecurity online kit and unpacked it using 7zip.


    I then ran setupdownloader.exe /silent


    This will cover 90% of the automated installation instances I need.


    The bad points.


    Firstly there appears to be no feedback to the command prompt, this concerns me that if I queue up several silent installs using a batch file then there will be a problem installing 2 programs in parallel. I could freeze the batch file on a timer but there is no way of knowing when the bd install has finished so I would need to add a very long wait time.


    Is there a way to get the batch file to wait until BD has installed?


    Secondly


    I'd really like to do this with the offline kit, is there a way of using the offline kit but without the user message. Surely this defeats the point of a silent install. Using the offline kit will cut installation time considerably, on my first successful test run I was waiting around 10 min before anything happened.

  • rootkit
    rootkit ✭✭✭

    Hi bigmonmulgrew


    Thank you for your feedback.


    I will investigate the current situation and I'll get back to you these days.


    Thank you again. Have a great weekend.

  • rootkit
    rootkit ✭✭✭
    edited November 2011

    Hello


    I've made a feature request. All the data was sent to our developers.


    Thank you. Have a nice day.

  • bigmonmulgrew
    bigmonmulgrew

    Thanks I really appreciate you passing that on.


    I'm hoping to use the silent install to (amongst other things) reduce my labour time when installing new PCs. I cant use system imaging since almost all my units are custom builds


    I can network each newbuild, its a pain but not much. Its the 10 min waiting to download that I'm hoping to remove here.


    Again thanks for your input and for passing this on

  • rootkit
    rootkit ✭✭✭

    Welcome back


    We are waiting for the project manager to approve your request.


    Thank you.

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