Configuration property file

A configuration property file defines which supported silent installation flags are used during product installation. The configuration file settings are defined in a *.txt file. The configuration file can be any named *.txt file and can be located in any path with read permission. For example a Windows call could resemble the following:

SPSSStatisticsSub_Setup_x64.exe -s -f "C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\install.txt"

The configuration file supports the following silent installation flags:

Table 1. Supported silent installation features
Supported silent installation flag	Description
license=ACCEPTED	This required setting accepts the product license in http://www-03.ibm.com/software/sla/sladb.nsf/sla/sd-7669-03
path={installation_directory}	Specifies the product installation directory. The default path for Windows is C:\Program Files\IBM\SPSS Statistics; the default path for MacOS is /Applications/IBM SPSS Statistics
log={log_file_location_and_name}	Assigns an installation log file save location and file name (for example log=C:\temp\SPSS_install_log.txt)
autoupdate=YES or NO	Enables automatic product updates. When set to YES, new product versions are automatically checked for; when set to NO, the product is not automatically updated.

Windows example

The following example lists the contents of a configuration property file on a Windows system:

license=ACCEPTED
path=C:\Program Files\IBM\SPSS Statistics
autoupdate=YES
log=C:\temp\SPSS_install_log.txt

MacOS example

The following example lists the contents of a configuration property file on a MacOS system:

license=ACCEPTED
path=/Applications/IBM SPSS Statistics
autoupdate=YES
log=/{user_name}/Documents/SPSS_install_log.txt