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This page provides information on how to silently install and uninstall Chaos Player. 

 

Overview

A silent installation allows you to complete Chaos Player installation without user input during the process using a predefined set of options. To set up a silent installation, you need to perform two steps: creating an .xml file and running the installer.

You can remove Chaos Player from your machine similarly through a silent uninstall.

 

Creating the .xml file

Run the installation file from the command prompt with the -gui=0 argument.

chaosplayer_x64.exe -gui=0

Follow the instructions of the install and set up the installation the way you want to have it on all machines. This creates a file named config.xml in the folder of the installation file.

 

Running the Installer

In the second step you run the installer with the following command:

chaosplayer_x64.exe -gui=0 -configFile="xml_file.xml" -quiet=1 -auto

The -quiet=1 argument causes the installer to read the variable values from the .xml file and does the installation without user input. If you do not specify the -quiet=1 option, the installer asks for a confirmation of each variable before proceeding.

 

Configuration file

The config.xml file holds configuration information about the settings of the installation. Below is an example of such a config file.

Example installer config XML file: xml_file.xml
<DefValues>
 <Value Name="STDROOT" DataType="value">C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\Chaos Player</Value>
 <Value Name="FIREWALL_EXCEPTION" DataType="value">1</Value>
 <Value Name="SEND_USER_FEEDBACK" DataType="value">1</Value>
 <Value Name="REMOTE_LICENSE" DataType="value">1</Value>
 <LicServer>
  <Host>127.0.0.1</Host>
  <Port>30304</Port>
  <Host1></Host1>
  <Port1>30304</Port1>
  <Host2></Host2>
  <Port2>30304</Port2>
  <User></User>
 </LicServer>
</DefValues>

 

Below is a description of the variables of the installer:

 

VARIABLEDESCRIPTION
STDROOT
Specifies the destination folder for the Chaos Player installation.
FIREWALL_EXCEPTION

Takes a value of 0 or 1 to specify whether a system firewall exception should be placed for Chaos Player.

This is needed to use the HTTP Broadcast feature.

SEND_USER_FEEDBACK
Takes a value of 0 or 1 to specify whether the user feedback program is used to send anonymous usage statistics.
REMOTE_LICNSE

Specifies whether the Chaos Player license server runs locally or on another machine.

0 - the license server runs locally on the same machine.

1 - the server is on a different machine in the network. The <LicServer> variable can be used in this case to specify the license server IP address(es).

<LicServer>
This section specifies the client license settings.
<Host>IP_Address</Host>
Primary license server's IP Address
<Host1>IP_Address</Host1>
Alternate license server's 1 IP Address
<Host2>IP_Address</Host2>
Alternate license server's 2 IP Address

 

Silent Uninstall of Chaos Player

A silent uninstall allows you to remove your Chaos Player installation without the need for user input during the process. The silent uninstall uses a predefined set of options.


Chaos Player can be silently uninstalled from a console with the following command line:

<STDROOT>\uninstall>installer.exe -uninstall="<STDROOT>\uninstall\install.log" -uninstallApp="Chaos Player" -auto -quiet=1

Where:

  • <STDROOT> is the Chaos Player installation directory;
  • -quiet=1 is used to suppress the console output. If you wish to enable the output, either omit the -quiet flag or set a value of 0 for it.