To run a Notes multi-user install (or upgrade) silent install, see the topic "Performing a Notes multi-user silent install."

Note Notes installation and upgrade on a Linux® and Apple® Mac OS X® client is only available in multi-user mode. However, Notes installation and upgrade on a Windows client allows for either single user or multi-user install. The Allclient installation method, which enables installation of Lotus Notes, IBM® Lotus® Domino® Designer, and IBM® Lotus® Domino® Administrator, is not available for multi-user install; it is only available for single user install.

1. Open a command window.

2. Change to the directory in which the Notes install kit's SETUP.EXE installation executable is resident.

3. Type the silent installation command.

Example commands are provided below. Note that these examples do not illustrate use of a transform file.
• Use the following format to run the install in silent mode, using default values, without a progress bar:

  setup.exe /s /v"/qn"

  Note For example, this command installs Notes to the single user default C:\Program Files\IBM\Lotus\Notes directory and Notes data folders and files to the C:\Program Files\IBM\Lotus\Notes\data directory.

  When installation is complete, the shortcut icon(s) appears on the desktop.

• Use this format to display a message when the installation is complete or it has failed. Use the + parameter as follows:

  setup.exe /s /v"/qn+"

• Use this format to display a progress bar during the installation, in addition to displaying the message indicating that the installation is complete or it has failed:

  setup.exe /s /v"/qb+"

• To specify a non-default destination directory, for example C:\IBM\Lotus\Notes, use the following command line syntax:

  setup /S /V"SELECTINSTALLFEATURES=Activities,Editors PROGDIR=C:\IBM\Lotus\Notes DATADIR=C:\IBM\Lotus\Notes\Data /qn"

• Use this format to specify named install manifest features to install using the command line. Obtain the "installfeature" ID syntax from the Notes install manifest (install.xml). To install any of these features, include the feature ID value in the “SELECTINSTALLFEATURES” property on the command line a shown below. Specify comma-separated features names in quotes as follows. Note the placement of the quote, equals sign, and space characters.

  setup /s /v"SELECTINSTALLFEATURES=Activities,Sametime,Editors,CAE /qn"

  Note Each feature in the Lotus Notes install manifest whose "required' attribute is set to "true" will be installed, regardless of whether it is specified in the command line in the SELECTINSTALLFEATURES statement.

  To pass a parameter that contains intervening spaces, such as a directory path, enclose the parameter in quotes using a backslash quote sequence as follows:

  setup /s /V"SELECTINSTALLFEATURES=Activities,Editors PROGDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Lotus\Notes\" DATADIR=\"C:\Program Files\Lotus\Notes\Data\" /qn"

  Specify as few or as many feature IDs on the command line as desired.

  Note All features in the supplied install manifest whose "required' attribute is set to "true" will be installed.

  Note To pass a parameter that contains intervening spaces, such as a directory path, quote the parameter using a backslash quote sequence as follows:

  setup /s /V"SELECTINSTALLFEATURES=Activities,Editors PROGDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Lotus\Notes\" DATADIR=\"C:\Program Files\Lotus\Notes\Data\" /qn"

Automating Notes installation using a silent install
Running a Notes silent install
Obtaining a tuner and creating a transform file
Calling a transform file during Notes silent install
Using transform files for Notes user install
Providing a batch file for Notes client silent install
Customizing Notes install using the tuner
Eclipse files and folders in the install kit
Performing a Notes multi-user silent install
Customizing the Notes install kit to add or remove Eclipse features
Using the Multilingual User Interface (MUI) pack on Windows

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