INSTALLING
MSI command line arguments are available, and may be required, for running a Notes® command line install to add or remove Notes client features during initial install, release upgrade, or within the same Notes release.
Before you begin
You must be logged in as an administrative user or user with elevated privileges to install or upgrade Notes.
About this task
Run the Notessetup.exe from the directory in which it resides locally.
Note: ADDFEATURES and REMOVEFEATURES properties are available only as command line arguments when using a Notes silent install. These properties can be set directly on the command line or used within an MSI Transform file during silent installation mode only. To control the feature selections in the feature panel in the UI mode, use the Notes install manifest (install.xml) file settings or consider using the UpdateSiteMgr tool supplied with the Notes install kit.
The Notes features that can be included on the MSI silent install command line are as follows:
Table 1. Using ADDFEATURES during Notes upgrade
Table 2. Using REMOVEFEATURES during Notes upgrade
Table 3. Using ADDFEATURES within the same release
Table 4. Using REMOVEFEATURES within the same release
Examples are as follows:
Use the REMOVEFEATURES argument to uninstall named features during an upgrade install or on re-running an install for the same release. Sample REMOVEFEATURES command line syntax is as follows:
setup /s /v"REMOVE=Name of the feature to be uninstalled
For example, when rerunning the Notes command line installer to remove Activities, you would use the following command line:
setup /s /v"REMOVE=Activities /qb+
Use the ADDFEATURES argument to install named features during an upgrade install or on re-running an install for the same release. Sample ADDFEATURES command line syntax is as follows:
setup /s /v"ADDFEATURES=Name of the feature to be uninstalled
For example, to add the CAE and Feedreader, use the following command line:
setup /s/v"ADDFEATURES=CAE,Feedreader /qb+"
You can optionally use SELECTINSTALLFEATURES to install these named features:
setup /s /v"SELECTINSTALLFEATURES=Feedreader /qb+
You can use ADDFEATURES and REMOVEFEATURES arguments when upgarding to a new Notes release and installing or removing Notes features silently. You can add and/or remove MSI-only features, Notes install manifest-only features, and hybrid features during a silent installation. You can combine ADDFEATURES and REMOVEFEATURES in a single command line. For example, to add Activities but remove the Feed Reader you could use the following command:
setup /s /v"ADDFEATURES=Activities REMOVEFEATURES=Feedreader /qb+
There are instances where the ADDFEATURES and REMOVEFEATURES command line arguments cannot be used on the same command line. The ADDFEATURES=ALL and REMOVEFEATURES arguments cannot be used in the same command. As well, you cannot specify the same features in both the ADDFEATURES and REMOVEFEATURES arguments in the same command. However, you can use these two arguments in the same command if they specify different features. For example, the following command is not supported:
setup.exe /s /v"SETMULTIUSER=1 ADDFEATURES=ALL REMOVEFEATURES=SametimeUI,Feedreader /L*v c:\temp\log852.log /qb+
setup.exe /v"SETMULTIUSER=1 /qb"
setup.exe /s /v"/qn"
Note: For example, this command installs Notes to the single user default C:\Program Files\HCL\Notes directory and Notes data folders and files to the C:\Program Files\HCL\Notes\data directory.
setup.exe /s /v"/qn+"
setup /S /V"ADDFEATURES=ALL PROGDIR=C:\HCL\Notes DATADIR=C:\HCL\Notes\Data /qn"
Note: Each feature in the Notes install manifest (install.xml) for which the required attribute is set to true will be installed.
Note the placement of the quote, equals sign, and space characters.
setup /s /v"ADDFEATURES=Activities,SametimeUI,CAE /qn"
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