Client Application Minimal Installation Guide ARGUS Enterprise 11.0
4/1/2016 ARGUS Software – An Altus Group Company
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Client Application Server Minimal Installation Guide 4/1/2016 Published by: ARGUS Software, Inc. 750 Town and Country Blvd Suite 800 Houston, TX 77024 Telephone (713) 621-4343 Facsimile (713) 621-2787 www.argussoftware.com Information in this document is subject to change without notice and represents no commitment on the part of ARGUS Software, Inc. This document is copyright © 2016, ARGUS Software, Inc. All rights reserved. This document is a confidential and proprietary trade secret of ARGUS Software, made available only under a license agreement and or other agreements containing obligations of confidentiality. "ARGUS" and “ARGUS Enterprise” are trademarks of ARGUS Software, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective companies. ARGUS Enterprise
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Table of Contents Introduction........................................................................................................................................................... 1 In Place Updates for Service Packs ......................................................................................................................... 2 Interactive Installation........................................................................................................................................... 3 Silent Installation ................................................................................................................................................... 3 Silent Un-Installation .................................................................................................................................................4
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Introduction The ARGUS Enterprise Minimal Installer is a lightweight version of the ARGUS Enterprise Installer, primarily intended for silent command line based installation and uninstallation of the ARGUS Enterprise Client in large client/server environments. Note: Administrators do not need a separate license for any of the functional modules in ARGUS Enterprise (such as in ValCash) in order to manage users and security settings. In this document, the following naming conventions apply:
• X86 refers to 32-bit Windows operating system. • X64 refers to a 64-bit Windows operating system. The ARGUS Enterprise Minimal Installer contains only the following elements of the full installation:
• ARGUS Enterprise Client/Workstation • ARGUS Enterprise Configuration Utility • XL4ADW The ARGUS Enterprise Minimal Installer excludes the following elements of the full installation:
• ARGUS Enterprise Application server, Process server, and Data server components • Microsoft (MS) SQL Server Express and LocalDB installers • .NET Framework 4 installer • Visual Studio Tools for Office installer • MSI installer support You will typically use the full installation to install the ARGUS Enterprise server components, Microsoft tools to install the other prerequisites, and MS SQL Server.
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In Place Updates for Service Packs If you have AE 11.0.0 or 11.0.1 installed, you can update with 11.0.2 without having to check in your license or uninstall ARGUS Enterprise 11.0.0 or 11.0.1. Place the AEMinimal.msi setup into the desired location. Run the cmd.exe from the Start menu as an administrator. Add the following command line parameters: AEMinimal.msi /q INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\ARGUS Software" PSETUPTYPE=4 ADDDEFAULT="MainProduct,AEClient,feature.configutility,feature.exceladdin" REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus
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Interactive Installation The ARGUS Enterprise Minimal Installer can be run interactively by opening AEMinimal.msi. The interactive mode is similar to the full installation. The ARGUS Enterprise Configuration utility does not automatically run after the installation completes. The ARGUS Enterprise Configuration utility can be run from the Start menu.
Silent Installation The command line switches for the silent installation of the ARGUS Enterprise Client are as below. These command line parameters are the same for all relevant versions of ARGUS Enterprise (9.1, 9.5, 9.5.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.5, 10.6 and 11.0). First of all you need to run the cmd.exe from Start menu, and navigate to the appropriate folder containing the AEminimal.msi. Then run the following command based on your environment (32 bit (X86), 64 bit (X64))). X86 Silent install from the command line with Admin privileges: AEMinimal.msi /q INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\ARGUS Software" PSETUPTYPE=4 ADDDEFAULT="MainProduct,AEClient,feature.configutility,feature.exceladdin" X64 Silent install from the command line with Admin privileges: AEMinimal.msi /q INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files (x86)\ARGUS Software" PSETUPTYPE=4 ADDDEFAULT="MainProduct,AEClient,feature.configutility,feature.exceladdin" 3
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Silent Un-Installation Run the cmd.exe from Start menu, and navigate to the appropriate folder containing the AEminimal.msi The following command silently un-installs the Mini Installer exists in the given path. msiexec /uninstall AEMinimal.msi /q This command is same for both X86 and X64 environments. For convenience of silent uninstallation, the following batch files are also supplied:
• AE10.6Uninstallx64.bat • AE10.6Uninstallx86.bat The batch file name indicates which version of ARGUS Enterprise is uninstalled from which type of Windows operating system. For Example: AE10.6Uninstallx86.bat will silently uninstall ARGUS Enterprise 10.6 from a 32-bit Windows operating system. The appropriate batch file is run from the command prompt.
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