(If installing on Windows 7 or Windows Vista you may need to run the command prompt as an administrator.) The instructions are identical for an updater, aside from modifying them for differing filenames (UpdateVectorworks.app, for instance) When the installation is finished, control will return to Terminal.app. You can also safely ignore a message saying 'failed due to bad configuration' during installation, that is just the Adobe AIR installer, and generally this means AIR is already installed. Note that if you see a message that says ' Failure to import builddb.' you can safely ignore it. Sudo InstallVectorworks.app/Contents/MacOS/InstallVectorworks -q -u 'USERNAME' -c 'COMPANYNAME' -s CXXUSE-ABCDEF-GHIJKL-SRNMBR -d /Applications/Vectorworks2015 To install, enter the following, all on one line with USERNAME, COMPANYNAME and CXXUSE-ABCDEF-GHIJKL-SRNMBR replaced with your user name, company and serial number respectively first: If you see no response, it has completed successfully. You can also type, cd /Volumes/Vector and then hit the tab key, the rest of the path should be completed for you. If you are using a downloadable installer you will need to enter the exact name of the image file after it has been mounted, ie: If you are using physical media (ie a DVD or CD), you will enter the following command: Open Terminal.app (found in /Applications/Utilities)Ĭhange directory to the newly mounted directory:

Insert the Vectorworks installation DVD, or mount the downloaded installation disk image.

Set the logging threshold, can be set to CRITICAL, h, -help show this help message and exitĪlternate location for configuration file Note that on OS X you must run the application using sudo. When doing a silent installation, there are four required arguments. Off of settings given to it by resources/vwinstaller.cfg (found in the appīundle on the Mac platform) and any command line arguments given. The installer to not present a GUI to the user, and install strictly based To run a silent installation, the first required option is '-q'. Pre-populating options or driving a silent installation from the command The Vectorworks installer provides a command line interface for either This article is not intended for all users and is not a required procedure for installing Vectorworks in a standard work environment.ĭo not use these steps unless you are specifically attempting to initiate a silent install of Vectorworks in a network environment or are specifically instructed to do so by Vectorworks Technical Support. NOTE: This article is intended for IT professionals with an understanding of the command line/terminal interface.

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