When you install Collaboration, the installer creates the file ptcollab_silent.properties in the directory where Collaboration is installed. Once you have created a silent properties file on one computer, you can reuse it when you install Collaboration on other computers so that you do not have to re-enter deployment information every time you use the installer. During a “silent” install, the information required by the installation dialogs is read from the properties file.
A silent install may be run from the command line as follows:
<full_Path_To_Installer>/ALICollaboration_<version> – f
<full_Path_To_Properties_File>/ptcollab_silent.properties
<full_Path_To_Installer>/ALICollaboration_v4-5_mp1 - f
<full_Path_To_Properties_File>/ptcollab_silent.properties
A silent install can be useful for distribution of the product across a uniform set of machines.