Follow the steps below to test the silent deployment of Captivate 2019 package created using CCP.
Windows
- Launch command prompt in administrative mode.
- Give the path till the “Build” folder of the created package. For e.g. if the package is saved on the Desktop, then the path in CMD should be as below-
C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\package folder\Build
- Type the following command in order to deploy the package silently:
msiexec.exe /i packagename.msi /quiet
- In order to monitor the silent installation, launch “Task Manager” and you will see there are three process of “msiexec.exe” running. One will be under [System] and other two will be under [username].
- Installation will be completed once both the process of “msiexec.exe” under [username] are finished.
You may deploy all the packages in the “Exceptions” folder by following the below instructions-
- Launch command prompt in administrative mode.
- Give the path till the “Exceptions” folder of the created package. For e.g. if the package is saved on the Desktop, then the patch in CMD should be as below-
C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\CP2019\Exceptions
- Type the following command in order to deploy the exceptions silently-
ExceptionDeployer --workflow=install --mode=post
Mac OS
- Launch terminal window on Mac OS.
- Give the path to the directory where you have saved the package. For example, if the package is saved on the Desktop, then you may type cd desktop on the terminal window and press Enter.
- Then type cd package folder on the terminal window and press Enter and type again cd Build and press Enter.
- Now type the following command on the terminal window and press Enter-
sudo installer -pkg <install_pkg_name> -target /
- The deployment process will be started now.