OS X:
mount, install, unmount it:
hdiutil attach dmgfile
installer -pkg /Volumes/volume/package.pkg -target /
hdiutil detach /Volumes/volume
Linux:
rpm -ivh rpmfile
Windows:
The msiexec.exe command will perform an MSI installation via the command line.
msiexec -i msifile
The various flags supported by the installer are:
- INSTALL_WORKER_SERVICE
- INSTALL_WATCHDOG_SERVICE
- INSTALL_USER_PATH
- INSTALL_ADMIN_PATH
- INSTALL_MAYA_JOB_TYPE
- INSTALL_MAYA_API
Setting them to 1 will have the same effect as clicking the checkbox in the interactive installer.
Sometime you need to see what's going wrong with the MSI installer. You can use the command line msiexec to install with logging output to a file:
msiexec /i mymsifile.msi /Lime logfile.txt
or more verbose
msiexec /i mymsifile.msi /L*vime logfile.txt
where mymsifile.msi is the path to the MSI file.
See also Using the kickstart file