Firebird silent install

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Hi please assist as I cannot get the silent installation to work

<pre lang="c#">try
            {
                string installerFilePath = @"C:\BennaOlivier\Randoms\Delter\Firebird\FirebirdMainInstaller\MainInstaller\MainInstaller\Firebird X64\FirebirdInstallX64\Firebird-2.5x64.exe";
                Process installerProcess = new Process();
                installerProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
                installerProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
                installerProcess = Process.Start(installerFilePath, Arguments);

                while (installerProcess.HasExited == false)
                {
                    //indicate progress to user 
                    Application.DoEvents();
                    System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(250);
                }

            }

My Arguments that I pass are as follows

C#

private const string Arguments = " /SILENT | /VERYSILENT [/SUPPRESSMSGBOXES]";

However when doing the install I still get the window and the create no window defaults to false

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Hi please assist as I cannot get the silent installation to work

<pre lang="c#">try
            {
                string installerFilePath = @"C:\BennaOlivier\Randoms\Delter\Firebird\FirebirdMainInstaller\MainInstaller\MainInstaller\Firebird X64\FirebirdInstallX64\Firebird-2.5x64.exe";
                Process installerProcess = new Process();
                installerProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
                installerProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
                installerProcess = Process.Start(installerFilePath, Arguments);

                while (installerProcess.HasExited == false)
                {
                    //indicate progress to user 
                    Application.DoEvents();
                    System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(250);
                }

            }

My Arguments that I pass are as follows

C#

private const string Arguments = " /SILENT | /VERYSILENT [/SUPPRESSMSGBOXES]";

However when doing the install I still get the window and the create no window defaults to false

Posted 3-Apr-19 5:26am

Benna Olivier

Updated 3-Apr-19 7:32am

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Solution 1

Try :

C#

private const string Arguments = "/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES";

Edit:
Read this : Is there a way to do a silent install of Firebird?[^]

Posted 3-Apr-19 5:33am

Mehdi Gholam

Updated 3-Apr-19 6:22am

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Benna Olivier 3-Apr-19 11:50am

No luck

Mehdi Gholam 3-Apr-19 12:21pm

Try the link provided.

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User 11060979 · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-03T07:33:00

Solution 2

Have a look here for a start: command line - Firebird custom installation - Stack Overflow[^]

It looks you are missing the comand line parameter /COMPONENTS="comma separated list of component names"

E.g. for full installation: /COMPONENTS="ServerComponent\SuperServerComponent,ServerComponent,DevAdminComponent,ClientComponent"

I hope it helps

[Edit]
To install in a specific directory you can use command line parameter DIR
E.g: Firebird-3.0.4.33054_0_Win32.exe /DIR="c:\Temp\FB"

Notes:
1.) After a conventional installation you will find the two documents
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Firebird\Firebird_3_0\doc\installation_scripted.txt"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Firebird\Firebird_3_0\doc\installation_readme.txt"
Especally installation_scripted.txt contains helpfull information

2.) If you start Firebird-3.0.4.33054_0_Win32.exe /? the standard "ino setup" command line parameters will be shown.

Posted 3-Apr-19 7:33am

User 11060979

Updated 3-Apr-19 20:59pm

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Benna Olivier 3-Apr-19 15:59pm

This works for the silent install, however I need to install it and specify different directory from the default directory, also I have to select the Classic server option when installing

[no name] 4-Apr-19 2:47am

Please see [Edit] in the updated answer

Benna Olivier 4-Apr-19 5:03am

In which statement will I be able to specify the directory to use to install the firebird to

/DIR="c:\Temp\FB"

[no name] 4-Apr-19 5:14am

As a command line parameter for the fb setup.exe wher you have olaso the /SILENT switch etc.

Firebird-2.5x64.exe /DIR= "c:\temp\fb"

Benna Olivier 4-Apr-19 5:22am

The Arguments I pass is as follows, however it does not install to the directory specified and also it restarts after Firebird is installed

"/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES / DIR @c:\program files\firebird\ / NORESTART ServerComponent\ClassicServerComponent, ServerComponent,ClientComponent"

[no name] 4-Apr-19 5:25am

try:
"/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES / DIR="c:\program files\firebird\" / NORESTART ServerComponent\ClassicServerComponent, ServerComponent,ClientComponent"

Benna Olivier 4-Apr-19 11:15am

No luck with this, still installs to default directory

[no name] 4-Apr-19 12:07pm

I tested it with windows cmd and it worked perfect, maybe you should try it also first in cmd before you test with your c# app. Are you sure your argument string is correct? I mean quotes needed for the path and backslahes in the path?

BTW: I tested with more or less the latest fb version: Firebird-2.5.8.27089_0_x64.exe

Benna Olivier 5-Apr-19 10:00am

I tried both of the below in CMD

"/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES / DIR @c:\program files\firebird\ / NORESTART ServerComponent\ClassicServerComponent, ServerComponent,ClientComponent"

"/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES / DIR="c:\program files\firebird\" / NORESTART ServerComponent\ClassicServerComponent, ServerComponent,ClientComponent"

None of the above works in CMD, however through my application I do get the silent install, however it does not install to the specified directory

Through CMD they both open the windows of the Installer, which I do not want

[no name] 5-Apr-19 10:41am

Is your Firebird-2.5x64.exe from year 2010? Did you try also the latest version?
On wha operating system you make your trials?

[no name] 5-Apr-19 10:50am

Just checked it with Firebird-2.5.0.26074_1_x64 from year 2010 on a Win7 VM and it works... Make sure that there are no spaces between the "/" and the option.

[no name] 5-Apr-19 12:10pm

And finally I tried it with a c# console app, which also worked perfect:


using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;


namespace ConsoleApp1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string installerFilePath = @"C:\Temp\Firebird-2.5.0.26074_1_x64.exe";
            string arguments = "/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /DIR=\"c:\\program files\\MyTestFirebird\" /NORESTART ServerComponent\\ClassicServerComponent, ServerComponent,ClientComponent";

            ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo(installerFilePath, arguments);
            psi.CreateNoWindow = true;

            Process installerProcess = Process.Start(psi);

            while (installerProcess.HasExited == false)
            {
                //indicate progress to user 
                Console.Write(".");
                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(250);
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Intsallation done");
        }
    }
}

[no name] 5-Apr-19 13:12pm

Pay attention! My argument string above was not correct, but it worked. The correct argument should be more like this

string arguments = "/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /DIR=\"c:\\program files\\MyTestFirebird\" /NORESTART /COMPONENTS=\"ServerComponent\\ClassicServerComponent, ServerComponent,ClientComponent\"";