Revit 2012: Silently Install Extensions

There have been forum posts for Revit 2011 and being able to install Extensions silently and it was not supported.  This has been resolved in Revit 2012.

1. Extract REX setup from exe to C:\Autodesk
2. Go to C:\Autodesk\REX_RST_2012\x64\REX_RST\ (for x64)
3. Run the command as an Administrator:   REX_RST.msi /q

NOTE:  For Windows Vista and Windows 7 systems, you need to run the command prompt as an Administrator, if not, nothing happens not even an error message!

Reference Post:  http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Installation-Licensing/2012-Revit-Extension-installed-in-silent-mode/m-p/3083670

Thanks to Alison Gangler for this tip.

Comments

[Alex Diaz]

David,

As an IT/CAD Administrator I am always looking for ways to install any software silently. Few days ago I needed a way to create silent installs for the Revit 2011 extensions (we have not moved to 2012 yet) and I found a workaround. I posted the steps here for anyone looking to do the same.

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Installation-Licensing/Revit-2011-Extensions-How-to-install-passively/td-p/2709879

I forgot to add the last step. Once you have all the extracted files and the response (.ISS) file in the same folder, to silently install the extension you run:

setup.exe -s setup.iss

Alex

[David Lau]

Thanks for sharing this with the community.

[Alex Diaz]

You’re welcome.

Alternatively to the solution above for the 2012 extensions, if you do have a mixed OS environment (32 and 64 bit) and using a software distribution product like SMS or SCCM you can extract the 2012 extension package then use this command line in your program to install the extension:

Setup.exe /qn /I Setup.ini

Alex

[Alex Diaz]

Sorry the silent switch should be /qb

The command line will be:

Setup.exe /qb /I Setup.ini