Installation guide

• Properties — Specify how the installation runs. Each property consists of:
• A name in uppercase letters.
• An equal (=) sign.
• One or more values, each separated by a comma. Most property values must appear
in uppercase but some, such as True and False, must appear in mixed case.
NOTE: The Microsoft Installer permits properties that determine how your installation
runs. For details, see the Microsoft Installer documentation.
Installation scenarios
Use these scenarios to customize your installation.
DefinitionScenario
A silent installation does not display the installation wizard or offer the user any configuration
options. Instead, you preconfigure those choices and run Setup in the background on each
Silent
destination computer. You can install VirusScan Enterprise software on any unattended
computer with or without the user’s knowledge, provided you have the necessary administrator
rights.
Add these options to run a silent or semi-silent installation:
q or qn — Silent installation. This installs default settings unless you specify otherwise. For
example, the product license default is 1 Year Subscription.
qb — Basic user interface. Use qb! to hide the Cancel button.
qb+ — Basic user interface with a modal dialog box displayed at the end of installation.
Use qb+! or qb!+ to hide the Cancel button. The modal dialog box is not displayed if the
user cancels the installation.
qb- — Basic user interface with no modal dialog boxes. Use qb-! or qb!- to hide the Cancel
button.
qf — Full user interface and any authored FatalError, UserExit, or Exit modal dialog box
displayed at the end of the installation.
qn+ — No user interface except for a modal dialog box displayed at the end of the
installation.
qr — Reduced user interface with no modal dialog box displayed at the end of the installation.
Add the installdir property to specify the location. For example, to silently install VirusScan
Enterprise software to C:\My AntiVirus Software, type this text at the command prompt:
setup.exe INSTALLDIR="c:\My AntiVirus Software" /q
Custom Location
Add a Setup command to your login script to install VirusScan Enterprise software when
each of your destination computers starts. Include all of the options and properties for
Login Script
governing how Setup runs. For example, you can add a property to look for the VirusScan
Enterprise default program location.
NOTE: To use a login script for this purpose, you must also copy or push the VirusScan
Enterprise installation package to a location on the destination computer.
Installation options and properties
Use a combination of options and properties to customize the software installation.
Command-line installation options
When you run the Setup utility from the command line to install specific program features, the
utility installs those features according to a pre-existing hierarchy. For example, if you specify
Installing VirusScan Enterprise
Using the command line to install the software
13McAfee VirusScan Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide