How to install preqs
Hi all,
i have a package which i would like to create which has two prereq packages from MS that need to be installed.
Because these pre-reqs are quite small, i dont want the user to get a message to to download them or the like - i want to get them all packaged up into one msi and then do a silent install on the two pre-reqs first, followed by my package.
Can anytone offer tips on how to do this? I've been poking around advanced installer 7.3.1 and wise package stuido 7.... neither seem to be able to do exactly what im after.
i have a package which i would like to create which has two prereq packages from MS that need to be installed.
Because these pre-reqs are quite small, i dont want the user to get a message to to download them or the like - i want to get them all packaged up into one msi and then do a silent install on the two pre-reqs first, followed by my package.
Can anytone offer tips on how to do this? I've been poking around advanced installer 7.3.1 and wise package stuido 7.... neither seem to be able to do exactly what im after.
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Posted by:
dannyarya
14 years ago
Hi,
First,can u tell us, source type of pre-req. like .msi or .exe?
and if pre-req. are .msi, u can call them into your main MSI with nested calling.
First,can u tell us, source type of pre-req. like .msi or .exe?
and if pre-req. are .msi, u can call them into your main MSI with nested calling.
Posted by:
verukins
14 years ago
sorry - they are both exe's...
im interested about hearing about the msi method aswell - for future reference
im interested about hearing about the msi method aswell - for future reference
Posted by:
dannyarya
14 years ago
both are exe's....then you can call them through CA
Case 1: If you can add them into your .msi(If exe's are small) and run.
For this first write a CA "Execute Program for installation" and pass the command line.
Case 2: You can keep exe's with your source(Where .msi file present) and run.
- For this first you have to define first Type 51 CA for your SourceDir.
- and then you can use CA "Execute Program for path", in which you can call your exe's and also you can pass /s,/qb etc to silent installation.
:) tell me it is work for you or not.........
Case 1: If you can add them into your .msi(If exe's are small) and run.
For this first write a CA "Execute Program for installation" and pass the command line.
Case 2: You can keep exe's with your source(Where .msi file present) and run.
- For this first you have to define first Type 51 CA for your SourceDir.
- and then you can use CA "Execute Program for path", in which you can call your exe's and also you can pass /s,/qb etc to silent installation.
:) tell me it is work for you or not.........
Posted by:
anonymous_9363
14 years ago
both are exe's....then you can call them through CA...unless, of course, they extract and execute MSIs themselves, something I'd expect most MS pre-requisites to do. If they DO use MSIs, you cannot run more than one client instance of MSIExec at a time so you need to build a script or EXE to call the MSIs in turn, making sure that you test for the pre-req's installed state before executing the next install.
Posted by:
mekaywe
14 years ago
You can use WiseScript to script them inside an single EXE and install them all together 1 by 1
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