Launching the Suite Installer in Silent (Replay) Mode

The Suite Installer can be run in a repeatable, customized fashion that requires no user interaction.

Before using the Suite Installer in silent mode, you must run it once in Graphical User Interface (GUI) or Textual User Interface (TUI) mode, as a trial run, then retrieve the response file that is generated from the run. The response file contains the installation choices you gave for all installations during the Suite Installer trial run.

  1. Do a trial run of the Suite Installer, choosing all the media you want. Complete all installations.

    For more information about running the Suite Installer, see

  2. Retrieve the response file from the trial run of the Suite Installer.

    The file is named UserIntentions_AM_SIM_Abaqus_Extend.media-<timestamp>-0500.xml and is located in the following folder/directory:

    On Windows
    The folder specified by the TEMP environment variable. You can find the setting of your TEMP variable by choosing Environment Variables in the System Properties control panel.
    On Linux
    The directory specified by the TMPDIR environment variable ($TMPDIR).

    After retrieving the response file, you can put it anywhere.

    A response file is specific to:

    • A particular operating system; response files are different between Windows and Linux
    • A particular release level or fix pack (hot fix) level

  3. Edit the response file.

    You can edit the following variables:

    • path values
    • text values
    • port number values

    The response file must be:

    • XML well-formed
    • UTF8 encoded

  4. Start the silent suite installation.

    You start the silent installer in the same manner as in console mode using the StartTUI installer, except that you must specify the --silent option followed by the full path name of the response file. Follow Steps 1-3 in Launching the Suite Installer in TUI Mode.

    For example, use the following command on Windows: 

    <download_dir>\media_name\1\StartTUI.exe --silent <path>\UserIntentions_AM_SIM_Abaqus_Extend.media-<timestamp>-0500.xml

    and on Linux: 

    <download_dir>/media_name/1/StartTUI.sh --silent <path>\UserIntentions_AM_SIM_Abaqus_Extend.media-<timestamp>-0500.xml

    Optionally, you can specify the --xmlreport option to generate an XML file that generates an installation error report in XML format: 

    ./StartTUI.sh --silent /opt/ds/UserIntentions_AM_SIM_Abaqus_Extend.media-<timestamp>-0500.xml --xmlreport <reportfilepath>

    For example: 

    ./StartTUI.sh --silent /opt/ds/UserIntentions_AM_SIM_Abaqus_Extend.media-<timestamp>-0500.xml --xmlreport /opt/ds/tmp/Report.xml

    An XML file is created and can be parsed. The file contains a list of <Message> elements contained inside a <Logs> element. The <Message> elements contain the following attributes:

    id A unique identifier for each error. If the id ends with ".0", it means that the message is not an error.
    message Error message, localized in the user language
    techMessage Technical message
    msgCatalog Name of the .CATNls file (if any)
    msgKey Name of the key inside the file (if any)
    type Error type (info / warn / error / fatal)