The installation for ARCHICAD and GRAPHISOFT Add-Ons can be done in unattended mode.
For Windows :ARCHICAD-24-INT-3000-1.0.exe --mode unattended
For Mac : ARCHICAD\ 24\Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/installbuilder.sh --mode unattended
Note that there are two dashes in the parameter. It is advised to check while adding parameters when doing copy/paste, because sometimes the two dashes are converted into a single dash, which will cause errors.
Custom Installations Setup |
Parameters to be typed in command line |
Run installation in Unattended Mode |
--mode unattended |
List available standard parameters See a list of general command-line parameters for customizing unattended installation. |
--help |
Specify installation folder (if you don’t specify, the program will be installed to the default location.) |
--installdir followed by the path of the preferred installation folder. If the path contains spaces, enclose the entire path in quotation marks. |
Install additional (non-default) components Use this option to select additional (“allowed”) components for installation, which would not be installed by default (e.g. certain Goodies in the Goodies Suite installer). |
—enable-components followed by a comma-separated list of the allowed (non-default) components to install. To see list of allowed components: type --help. |
Disable installation of (default) components Use this option to prevent installation of certain components, which otherwise would be installed by default. |
--disable-components followed by a comma-separated list of default components to omit from the installation. To see list of default components: type --help. |
Identify Current User (Mac only) Installation on Mac is run via a “root” user. In case of deployment installation (e.g. Apple Remote Desktop), use this parameter to specify the current user - for example, to create desktop and dock shortcut for a specific user (rather than the “root” user). |
--currentUserName followed by the username. |
Use an Option file containing command line parameters |
--optionfile followed by name of the option file (as well as its directory path, if it is not in the same folder as the executable). |
Custom Installations Setup |
Parameters to be typed in command line |
Add AC Shortcut to Desktop Added by default. If you don’t want to add it, replace 1 with 0 |
--desktopshortcut 1 --desktopshortcut 0 |
Add AC Dock Icon (Mac only) Added by default. If you don’t want to add it, replace 1 with 0 |
—dockshortcut 1 --dockshortcut 0 |
Enable Automatic Update Enabled by default. To disable it, replace 1 with 0 |
--enableautomaticupdate 1 --enableautomaticupdate 0 |
Install predefined company-standard defaults for • Work Environment, • ARCHICAD Template, and/or • DXF-DWG Translators |
--customEnvironment followed by the path of the Defaults folder containing your preferred files.
For info on how to set up the Defaults folder |