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Silently Install CA Gen Product Software

To silently install CA Gen Product Software component features, execute the following command:

msiexec /i | /f | /x "CA Gen 8.5.msi" [ADDLOCAL=specific product features of Gen] [REMOVE= specific product features of Gen] [INSTALLDIR=installation directory] [/qn | /qb]

Where:

/i

Installs or configures a product.

/f

Repairs a product installation. This option ignores any property values entered on the command line.

/x

Uninstalls a product. This option ignores any property values entered on the command line.

You must specify /i, /f, or /x. The options /i, /f, or /x corresponds to three options, which are Modify, Repair, and Remove, described in the section Perform a Maintenance Installation. When you omit them, msiexec displays a usage message.

“CA Gen 8.5.msi”

The msi file to install CA Gen. Enclose the MSI file name in double-quotes.

ADDLOCAL

An optional argument that defines the set of product features to install. When you omit the ADDLOCAL argument, it performs a Typical install.

This list is the CA Gen product features you can install during a Custom installation. Separate multiple features with a comma. For a description of each feature, see the Install Product Software.

• Gen_Studio
• Workstation_Analyst_Toolset
• Workstation_Development_Toolset
• Workstation_Construction_Toolset
• Workstation_Update_API
• Encyclopedia_Client
• Encyclopedia_Construction_Client
• Encyclopedia_Version_Control_Kit
• Encyclopedia_Administration_Kit
• Encyclopedia_Server
• Encyclopedia_Construction_Server
• Encyclopedia_Update_APIs
• Implementation_Toolset
• Diagram_Trace
• GUIRuntime
• Transaction_Enabler
• Transaction_Enabler_User_Funnel
• Communications_Bridge
• Client_Manager
• Middleware_MQSeries
• Middleware_Tuxedo
• Middleware_TCPIP
• Middleware_ECI
• Middleware_dotNetRemoting
• Middleware_JAVARMI
• Middleware_Web_Services
• Proxy_Programming_Interface_C
• Proxy_Programming_Interface_COM
• Proxy_Programming_Interface_Java
• Proxy_Programming_Interface_NET
• Web_View_Client
• Web_Generation_Java
• Web_Generation_ASPNET
• DotNetServers
• EnterpriseJavaBeans
• CFB_Converter_Services_to_EJBs
• PlugIns
• WebServiceWizard
• TablePartitioning
• TableSpacePartitioning

REMOVE=

An optional argument that defines the set of product features to be removed. The features described in “ADDLOCAL=” option can be used on this option.

INSTALLDIR=

Designates the path for installation. msiexec installs to the default directory when you omit this parameter.

/qn

Specifies a silent installation, without display.

/qb

Specifies to only display the progress dialog.

These options are subset of the options that can be used for ‘msiexec’ command. For more detail of each command and other options, refer the following Microsoft Online Knowledge Base.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314881

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/230781

The following are some commonly used silent installation commands:

To install only the Toolset

msiexec /i "CA  Gen 8.5.msi" ADDLOCAL=Workstation_Development_Toolset /qn

To install the development and construction Toolset

msiexec /i "CA Gen 8.5.msi" ADDLOCAL=Workstation_Development_Toolset,
workstation_Construction_Toolset /qn

To perform a typical installation

msiexec /i "CA Gen 8.5.msi" /qn

To install all product features

msiexec /i "CA Gen 8.5.msi" ADDLOCAL=ALL /qn

To repair the existing installation on the computer

msiexec /f "CA Gen 8.5.msi" /qn

To remove the existing installation from the computer

msiexec /x "CA Gen 8.5.msi" /qn