Silent Installer

Using the Silent Installer

RAD Studio 10.4.2 supports silent, automated installation of the product with no UI interaction.

Silent Install is available for offline and online installation:

• Offline installation: This is based on the GOF file and the setup executable.
• Online installation: This is based on the setup executable and an automatic download of the required packages in the background.

Note: Windows SDK installation currently starts with a UI and doesn't respect the "silent installation" rule.

Note: In both scenarios (silent and very silent) the silent installer will still ask you to confirm the EULA. Press Y (for Yes) at the very beginning of the process, it will not ask for further interaction after this initial input.

Installer Command Line Parameters

Silent installation can be activated by passing additional, optional command line parameters to the Setup program (if you don’t pass any parameter, a regular installation is performed). The Setup command line parameters that are required for silent installation mode are the following:

Command	Description
/SILENT	Runs the installer in silent mode. The progress window is displayed.
/VERYSILENT	Runs the installer in very silent mode. No windows are displayed.
/SUPRESSMSGBOXES	Suppresses messagge boxes. This has an effect only when combined with/SILENT and/VERYSILENT.
/NOCANCEL	Disables canceling the installation process.
/NORESTART	Prevents the installer from restarting the system even if it is necessary.
/DIR="x:\dirpath"	Overrides the default install directory.
/SLIPFILE="x:\filepath"	Installs a license file.
/FEATURES=featureid	Indicates the feature(s) to install, separated with " ; ". See the list below for the available features' names.
/LOG="x:\filepath"	Causes setup to create a log file for debugging the installation process. If the file cannot be created, Setup will abort with an error message.

Note: A license file should be installed on the target machine before silently installing RAD Studio or you can install it using the /SLIPFILE option.

Silent Install Limited UI

With the silent option, you see the installation status, but there is no further request to fill in:

With the /verysilent mode the operation terminates immediately and there is a hidden command prompt doing the installation:

Core Installable Features

The silent installer allows you to install the core IDE and any of the following platforms and features (features availability depends also on the license being passed as a parameter). These are the IDs of the available features:

Feature ID	Description
delphi	Installs all Delphi platforms
delphi_windows	Installs Delphi Windows platform
delphi_macos	Installs Delphi macOS platform
delphi_linux	Installs Delphi Linux platform
delphi_ios	Installs Delphi iOS platform
delphi_android	Installs Delphi Android platform
cbuilder	Installs all C++ Builder platforms
cbuilder_windows	Installs C++ Builder Windows platform
cbuilder_ios	Installs C++ Builder iOS platform
cbuilder_android	Installs C++ Builder Android platform
french	Installs French language pack
german	Installs German language pack
japanese	Installs Japanese language pack
samples	Installs Samples
help	Installs Help files
teechart	Installs TeeChart components
dunit	Installs DUnit components
interbase_express	Installs InterBase Express components
interbase_2020	Installs InterBase 2020
openjdk	Installs AdoptOpenJDK
android_sdk	Installs AndroidSDK

Examples

In the examples below, replace “setup.exe” with the name of the executable setup downloaded from Embarcadero or rename it as Setup.exe.

Silently install the program and prevent restarting the system (the license file should already be installed):

setup.exe /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART

Silently install the program and install all Delphi and C++Builder platforms (the license file should be installed):

setup.exe /VERYSILENT /FEATURES=delphi;cbuilder

Silently install the license file, program and Delphi Windows platform:

setup.exe /VERYSILENT /SLIPFILE=8221_52.1581325640864.slip /FEATURES=delphi_windows

Adding Features After Installation

After the installation, you can use GetItCmd.exe program to install additional platforms, additional features, and addon packages from a command-line interface.

To get more details about available commands, you can type

GetItCmd.exe --help

Note: You need to run rsvars.bat(from the product installation bin subfolder) to initialize the environment variables before using the GetItCmd.exe tool.

Warning: The project group creation happens at the minimal installer step, very early. It is recommended to AVOID starting RAD studio until the installation process is completed.