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‎Performing an Unattended Installation

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‎Properties for the Enterprise Edition

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== Overview ==

For some it may be desirable to perform Unattended (also known as Passive) installation of [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio]. The page indicates the requisite and optional properties and their applicable values. We assume knowledge of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Installer Microsoft Installer] (MSI) command line [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa372024.aspx options].

{{Note|The information here pertains only to the Windows GPL Installer for [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio].}}

{{Note|To successfully install [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio] you should have administrative permissions on the user account you are using to install [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio] under.}}

== Requisite Properties ==
There are few requisite properties to specify via the command line to install [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio], in fact as of [http://dev.eiffel.com/EiffelStudio_6.1_Releases 6.1] there's only a single required property.

=== Installation Folder (INSTALLDIR) ===
You must specify the location to install [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio] into, which should be a location on disk or a network share with write access. The property for this is '''INSTALLDIR'''.

If you do not specify the installation location correctly the installation will not be successful!

== Optional Properties ==
The optional properties will extend the installation by installing/not installing components at your descression. Even though these properties are optional you should still read through this section to understand what will/will not be installed if you do not specify them.

=== Eiffel Projects Folder (EIFFELPROJECTSDIR) ===
The Eiffel Project location by default is set to the user's profile documents location, extended with and ''Eiffel Projects'' folder. You can specify '''EIFFELPROJECTSDIR'''=''projects_location'' where ''projects_location'' is the location where the user's Eiffel projects folder should be referenced/created.

{{Note| The specified path will '''not''' be suffixed with ''Eiffel Projects''.}}

=== C/C++ Compiler Choice (SELECTEDCCOMPILER) ===
By default the selected C/C++ compiler is using the open source [http://mingw.sourceforge.net/ MinGW] project. Not specifying '''SELECTEDCCOMPILER''' will default to using the value ''mingw'', which is the corresponding value to install and use [http://mingw.sourceforge.net/ MinGW]. To use the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_C%2B%2B Microsoft C/C++] compiler specify '''SELECTEDCCOMPILER'''=''msc''.

=== Precompilation (PRECOMPILE and CANCCOMPILE) ===
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By default no precompilation will occur. Precompilation is based on two properties; '''CANCCOMPILE''' and '''PRECOMPILE'''. Firstly, for any precompilation attempt by the installer you must set '''CANCCOMPILE'''=''1''. The installer does not attempt to precompile if no C/C++ compiler is automatically configurable, which is usually checked during navigation of the installer pages . '''CANCCOMPILE''' is set based upon those checks but because the pages are not displayed in unattended mode you will need to specify it manually.

The default level of precompilation is to precompile [[EiffelBase]], [[WEL]] and [[EiffelVision2]]. This can be changed by setting the property '''PRECOMPILE''' to one of the following values:

* ''none'' : Skips precompilation
* ''base'' : Precompiles [[EiffelBase]]
* ''wel'' : Precompiles [[EiffelBase]] and [[WEL]]
* ''vision2'' : Precompiles [[EiffelBase]], [[WEL]] and [[EiffelVision2]]

The default property setting is '''PRECOMPILE'''=''vision2'', if '''PRECOMPILE''' is not specified.

== Performing an Unattended Installation ==
To actually perform an unattended installation, using the most common installation options execute the following

msiexec /i /passive EiffelXX_gpl_xxxxx-xxx.msi "INSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files\Eiffel Software\EiffelXX" CANCCOMPILE=1

This will install [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio] in the folder ''C:\Program Files\Eiffel Software\EiffelXX'' and will perform a precompilation of [[EiffelBase]], [[WEL]] and [[EiffelVision2]].

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 To actually perform an unattended installation, using the most common installation options for the GPL edition, execute the following
-  msiexec /i /passive EiffelXX_gpl_xxxxx-xxx.msi "INSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files\Eiffel Software\EiffelXX"
+  msiexec /passive /i EiffelXX_gpl_xxxxx-xxx.msi "INSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files\Eiffel Software\EiffelXX"
 This will install [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio] in the folder ''C:\Program Files\Eiffel Software\EiffelXX''.

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	== Notes ==		== Notes ==
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−	~~{{Note\|The information here pertains only to the Windows GPL Installer for [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio].}}~~

	{{Note\|To successfully install [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio] you should have administrative permissions on the user account you are using to install [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio] under.}}		{{Note\|To successfully install [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio] you should have administrative permissions on the user account you are using to install [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio] under.}}

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	For some it may be desirable to perform Unattended (also known as Passive) installation of [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio]. The page indicates the requisite and optional properties and their applicable values. We assume knowledge of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Installer Microsoft Installer] (MSI) command line [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa372024.aspx options].		For some it may be desirable to perform Unattended (also known as Passive) installation of [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio]. The page indicates the requisite and optional properties and their applicable values. We assume knowledge of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Installer Microsoft Installer] (MSI) command line [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa372024.aspx options].

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−	~~== Overview ==~~
−
	For some it may be desirable to perform Unattended (also known as Passive) installation of [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio]. The page indicates the requisite and optional properties and their applicable values. We assume knowledge of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Installer Microsoft Installer] (MSI) command line [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa372024.aspx options].		For some it may be desirable to perform Unattended (also known as Passive) installation of [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio]. The page indicates the requisite and optional properties and their applicable values. We assume knowledge of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Installer Microsoft Installer] (MSI) command line [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa372024.aspx options].
		+
		+	== Notes ==

	{{Note\|The information here pertains only to the Windows GPL Installer for [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio].}}		{{Note\|The information here pertains only to the Windows GPL Installer for [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio].}}

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 The optional properties will extend the installation by installing/not installing components at your descression. Even though these properties are optional you should still read through this section to understand what will/will not be installed if you do not specify them.
-=== Eiffel Projects Folder (EIFFELPROJECTSDIR) ===
+=== C/C++ Compiler Choice (C_CONFIG_CHOOSE) ===
-The Eiffel Project location by default is set to the user's profile documents location, extended with and ''Eiffel Projects'' folder. You can specify '''EIFFELPROJECTSDIR'''=''projects_location'' where ''projects_location'' is the location where the user's Eiffel projects folder should be referenced/created.
+By default, the installer will use the Microsoft C/C++ compiler if found, otherwise the open source [http://mingw.sourceforge.net/ MinGW] C/C++ compiler. If you have a Microsoft C/C++ compiler and still wants to use the MinGW C/C++ compiler, specify '''C_CONFIG_CHOOSE'''=''1''.
-−
-{{Note| The specified path will '''not''' be suffixed with ''Eiffel Projects''.}}
-−
-=== C/C++ Compiler Choice (SELECTEDCCOMPILER) ===
-By default the selected C/C++ compiler is using the open source [http://mingw.sourceforge.net/ MinGW] project. Not specifying '''SELECTEDCCOMPILER''' will default to using the value ''mingw'', which is the corresponding value to install and use [http://mingw.sourceforge.net/ MinGW]. To use the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_C%2B%2B Microsoft C/C++] compiler specify '''SELECTEDCCOMPILER'''=''msc''.
-−
-=== Precompilation (PRECOMPILE and CANCCOMPILE) ===
--------------------------
-By default no precompilation will occur. Precompilation is based on two properties; '''CANCCOMPILE''' and '''PRECOMPILE'''. Firstly, for any precompilation attempt by the installer you must set '''CANCCOMPILE'''=''1''. The installer does not attempt to precompile if no C/C++ compiler is automatically configurable, which is usually checked during navigation of the installer pages . '''CANCCOMPILE''' is set based upon those checks but because the pages are not displayed in unattended mode you will need to specify it manually.
-−
-The default level of precompilation is to precompile [[EiffelBase]], [[WEL]] and [[EiffelVision2]]. This can be changed by setting the property '''PRECOMPILE''' to one of the following values:
-−
-* ''none''    : Skips precompilation
-* ''base''    : Precompiles [[EiffelBase]]
-* ''wel''     : Precompiles [[EiffelBase]] and [[WEL]]
-* ''vision2'' : Precompiles [[EiffelBase]], [[WEL]] and [[EiffelVision2]]
-−
-The default property setting is '''PRECOMPILE'''=''vision2'', if '''PRECOMPILE''' is not specified.
 == Properties for the Enterprise Edition ==
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 To actually perform an unattended installation, using the most common installation options for the GPL edition, execute the following
-  msiexec /i /passive EiffelXX_gpl_xxxxx-xxx.msi "INSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files\Eiffel Software\EiffelXX" CANCCOMPILE=1
+  msiexec /i /passive EiffelXX_gpl_xxxxx-xxx.msi "INSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files\Eiffel Software\EiffelXX"
-This will install [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio] in the folder ''C:\Program Files\Eiffel Software\EiffelXX'' and will perform a precompilation of [[EiffelBase]], [[WEL]] and [[EiffelVision2]].
+This will install [http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/ EiffelStudio] in the folder ''C:\Program Files\Eiffel Software\EiffelXX''.