Bug report #19650

Silent install

Added by Jeff L over 5 years ago. Updated about 5 years ago.

Status:Closed
Priority:Low
Assignee:Jürgen Fischer
Category:Windows Package
Affected QGIS version:3.2 Regression?:Yes
Operating System:Windows 10 64 bits Easy fix?:No
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:not reproducable
Crashes QGIS or corrupts data:No Copied to github as #:27476

Description

Hi,

Since v3.xx, silent install does not work anymore.

When I execute setup.exe /S (with administrator rights), I can see a process setup.exe (32 bits) in the task manager but using 0% of processor.

Nothing happens untill I kill the process (or restart the computer).

It was working fine with v2.18.15 and below.

I'm using Windows 10 64 bits and I tested with many v3 64 bit installation packages.

Thank you for your help.

Jeff

History

#1 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 5 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Feedback

so it stopped to work from 2.18.16 and above?

#2 Updated by Jeff L over 5 years ago

Hi,

I'm not sure when it stopped working, I'm currently deploying v2.18.15 and it's working fine.

I tried with several packages after v3, and none of them are working.

Thank you,
Jeff

#3 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 5 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Open

#4 Updated by Jürgen Fischer over 5 years ago

  • Resolution set to not reproducable
  • Status changed from Open to Closed

#5 Updated by Jeff L over 5 years ago

Hi,

Well, problem is still not solved for me, I tried with v3.4.0 and this morning with 3.4.1.

It looks like it's all right in a DOS window, but not in PDQ Deploy (some kind of a SCCM).

Files are created in C:\Program Files\QGIS 3.4\ (total of 1.7 GB) but shortcuts are not created on desktop.
Installer is still running in background ("setup (32 bits)") using 0% of processor (Note: I renamed executable "setup.exe" for convenience)

I can see "QGIS 3.4.1 'Madeira'" in Windows Programs and features list.

Any help would be appreciated, as it's really annoying :(

Thank you,
Jeff

#6 Updated by Jeff L over 5 years ago

Still not solved in v3.4.2.
It looks like I'm not the only one :
https://georezo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=105207

And still no answer :'(

#7 Updated by Jonathan McCardell about 5 years ago

Jeff L wrote:

Still not solved in v3.4.2.
It looks like I'm not the only one :
https://georezo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=105207

And still no answer :'(

If PDQ allows powershell, you can use
cmd /c setup.exe /S To perform a silent unattended installation

Uninstall can use the same cmd /c uninstall.exe /S to call the baked in uninstall that gets placed into the Program Files directory for QGIS

Hope this helps.

#8 Updated by Jeff L about 5 years ago

Hi Jonathan,

Thank you for your answer !

I just found the solution a few days ago :)

Install step must be run as "Interactive session".
(From PDQ online help : "_Deploy User (Interactive) : Executes deployments that include both silent and interactive steps. This setting is the same as Deploy User with one important exception—the Windows process running the deployment is run in an interactive session.
This setting is most appropriately used for individual deployments that require user input, but the overall process still requires Administrator rights that logged on users may not have. Because these types of deployments are more specialized and because running the deployment in interactive mode requires more processing resources, it is recommended that you apply this setting only as needed at the Step level._")

Something must have changed between v2 and v3 installer, but no matter now, it's finally working :)

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