Installer and Uninstaller Command-Line Arguments

Sets the interface mode (silent/console/gui) for installer and uninstaller as shown below:

c:\myinstall.exe -i silent

c:\myuninstall.exe -i silent

Note:Using -i command-line switch without an argument (interface mode) or with an invalid argument (interface mode) for launching the Installer, results to display a usage message including the appropriate available options on console.

Creates a response file for the installer and uninstaller. (See Generating Response Files)

At the command line, enter <installer_name/uninstaller_name> -r "path_and_file_name"

For example, to create response file for the installer:

c:\myinstall.exe -r c:\temp\myinstaller.properties

In the example above, a response file named myinstaller.properties will be written to the c:\temp directory. If you do not enter a path and file name for the installer’s response file, the file will be named installer.properties or [installername].properties and it will be created in the same directory as the installer.

Note:Response files can be used to provide input for both silent installers and uninstallers.

Uses the specified language code (and optional country code) to set the locale for the installer. (See Language Codes.)

c:\myinstall.exe -l en

sh ./install.bin -l pt_BR

The required language code is a two-character (commonly lowercase) code defined by the ISO-639 standard. InstallAnywhere accepts both old (iw, ji, and in) and new (he, yi, and id) language codes.

The optional country code is a two-character (commonly uppercase) code defined by the ISO-3166 standard.

Note:Consider the following while using the command-line argument:

Sets the JVM heap size maximum value.

<installer_name> -jvmxmx <size>

The default size for these values is measured in bytes. Append the letter k or K to the value to indicate kilobytes, m or M to indicate megabytes, and g or G to indicate gigabytes. For example, to set the maximum JVM heap size to 50 megabytes, enter the following:

install.exe -jvmxms 50m

Note:Uninstaller does not support the command-line argument for setting maximum value of JVM heap size.

Sets the temp directory path.

At the command line, enter <installer_name/uninstaller_name> -tempdir "Path"

You can set a required temp directory path by utilizing the -tempdir argument with the installer or uninstaller name as shown above. For instance, to set the temp directory path to C:\ExampleTemp for the installer, where the InstallAnywhere launchers are required to be extracted, enter the following at the command line:

install.exe -tempdir "C:\ExampleTemp"

Note:If the specified directory path is not accessible or is not a valid path, then the default temp directory path will be utilized by the InstallAnywhere installer/uninstaller.