Is there a way to silently install Tekla Products?

What information do I need to be able to deploy silently?

The Distribution Deployment document shipped with the installation details which components need to be installed and the order to install them, see How can I centrally deploy Tekla software? The only caveat is that the document is specifically written from an MSI Admin install perspective meaning that an Admin install is generated with the customers setup preferences defined and then this is is deployed.

If you want to skip the Admin install and install the MSI Components using the command line then replace the documented switch /a, with /qn for a quiet install with no UI.

What properties do I need to set when performing a silent install?

There are only two custom properties, and their possible values, an admin needs to be aware of when performing a silent installation, namely:
 

• TEKLA_LICENSE_METHOD=#Num
  • Where #Num is one of the following
    • #17  for Local
    • #33  for USB
    • #18  for Server
    • #68 for Tekla Online
    • #65535 for Automatic
• TEKLA_LICENSE_SERVER=ServerName
  • Where ServerName* should be the name of the server computer hosting the License Server
    • (*the server computer IP address can also be used, provided it is static)

So for example if you wanted to install Tedds silently and set it up for server licensing, acquiring licenses from a license server called e.g. "licserve01", the command line would be:

Tedds.msi /qn TEKLA_LICENSE_METHOD=#18 TEKLA_LICENSE_SERVER=licserve01

In addition – standard MSI properties can be used but are not documented here, e.g. INSTALLDIR can be set via the command line.