# Installation and Upgrade Guide

# Silent Properties File

When you install Collaboration, the installer creates the file AquaLogicInteractionCollaboration_<version>_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>/AquaLogicInteractionCollaboration_<version>.properties

For example:

    <full_Path_To_Installer>/ALICollaboration_v4-2 - f

    <full_Path_To_Properties_File>/AquaLogicInteractionCollaboration_v4-2_silent.properties

A silent install can be useful for distribution of the product across a uniform set of machines.