Installing Esri CityEngine silently
Esri CityEngine 2014 can be installed without a user interface (UI) by running the setup using Windows Installer command-line parameters.
Before installing Esri CityEngine 2014
- Verify that your system meets all system requirements.
- Log in as a user with administrative privileges.
- Close all applications.
- Browse to the folder containing the Esri CityEngine setup.
Esri CityEngine 2014 installation command-line parameters
The following are the command-line switches to execute the Esri CityEngine MSI directly. Use these commands with the msiexec.exe commands as required.
|
Parameter |
Value |
Case sensitive |
Required |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
INSTALLDIR |
No |
No |
Esri CityEngine installation location. If not specified, the installation location is %System Drive%\Program Files\Esri\CityEngine2014. |
|
DESKTOP_SHORTCUT | TRUE | Yes | No | Creates a desktop icon for Esri CityEngine. If value is FALSE, desktop icon creation is disabled. |
How to perform a typical installation of Esri CityEngine 2014 without user interaction
Run this command from the command line to install Esri CityEngine.
msiexec /i <setup location>\setup.msi /qb
Additional command-line parameters are available:
INSTALLDIR=<installation directory> can be used to specify an installation location. The default location is C:\Program Files\Esri\CityEngine2014 if no INSTALLDIR parameter is given.
Note:/qb provides a basic UI of progress status and error handling; /qn provides no UI at all.