Prior to proceeding with the following instructions, please ensure that your system
complies with the prerequisites detailed in the installation requirements.
Unattended installation is possible only on Windows and Linux by running the installer
executable from command line and passing the -q parameter. The installer executable is
called
syncroSVNClient.exe
on Windows and
syncroSVNClient.sh
on Linux
In unattended mode the installer does not overwrite files with the same name if a
previous version of the application is installed in the same folder. The -overwrite
parameter added after -q forces overwriting these files.
If the installer is executed in silent (unattended) mode and -console is passed as a
second parameter after -q a console will be allocated on Windows that displays the output
of the installer. The command for running the installer is in this case:
start /wait syncroSVNClient.exe
-q -console
By default an unattended installation applies the default settings of the installer.
If you want to install the application on a large number of computers but you need to
change the default values of some settings (like the install folder on disk, whether a
desktop icon or a quick launch shortcut are created, the file associations created in the
operating system, the name of the program group on the Start menu, etc.) then you should
use a special settings file which specifies the new values for these settings. To generate
the settings file you have to run the installer in normal attended mode once on a test
computer and specify the exact options that you want for the unattended installation. When
the installation is completed a file called response.varfile
and
containing your selected options is created in the .install4j
subfolder of the installation folder, by default
C:\Program Files\Syncro SVN Client
5.1\.install4j
on Windows. This is a one time process. After that for applying these options on
all the computers where an unattended installation is performed you have to specify this
file in the command line, for example copy the file in the same location as the installer
program and use the command:
- - on Windows:
syncroSVNClient.exe
-q -varfile response.varfile
- - on Linux:
syncroSVNClient.sh
-q -varfile response.varfile