Installation modes - console and silent

Console mode and silent mode are available when launching Workbench installers on the command line.

Console mode can be particularly useful when installing on remote systems. On Linux, this mode is enabled by using the option -c. On Windows the option is -console.

Silent mode allows the installation to be run in a hands off manner. Default answers to all prompts will be used. Silent mode is activated using the -q parameter. On Windows, the -console option can be appended as the second parameter, to ensure output to the console.

Specify an installation directory in combination with silent mode to specify a non-default installation directory and still not be prompted for responses to questions. The installation directory is specified using the -dir option.

So, on a Windows system, running the installation in silent mode, with console output and specifying the directory to install to as "c:\bioinformatics\clc" would look like:

CLCGenomicsServer_7_5.exe -q -console -dir "c:\bioinformatics\clc"

On a Linux system, a similar command to install to a directory "/opt/clcgenomicsworkbench9" would look like:

CLCGenomicsServer_7_5.exe -c -q -dir /opt/clcgenomicsworkbench9

Note for Windows: Both the -console and the -dir options only work when the installer is run in silent mode.

The -q and the -console options work for the uninstall program as well.