Changes between Version 18 and Version 19 of Installing Pidgin

Timestamp:

Aug 15, 2007, 4:03:36 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

datallah

Comment:

Add information about unattended installations on windows

Installing Pidgin

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 === Is there a way to install Spellchecking support (Aspell) manually? ===
 Yes, if the installer isn't able to successfully download and install Aspell, you can do so manually.  You can download both the Aspell core and a dictionary from [http://aspell.net/win32 the win32 Aspell website].
+
+=== Unattended Installations ===
+The pidgin installer can be run in a "silent" mode by using the following syntax:
+{{{
+pidgin-x.y.z.exe /L=1033 /S /D=C:\Pidgin
+}}}
+The `/L` flag sets the language (Windows LCID) used by the installer, as well as
+Pidgin itself.  You may omit both the `/L` and `/D` flags and use the defaults which are 1033 (English) and `%PROGRAMFILES%\Pidgin` respectively. The same applies to non-gtk versions. If you need to specify the GTK+ install path (Default is `%COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\GTK\2.0`); download the latest GTK+ standalone installer and the `no-gtk` pidgin package and run the following:
+{{{
+gtk-runtime-x.y.z-rev-a.exe /L=1033 /S /NOUI /D=C:\GTK+
+pidgin-x.y.z-no-gtk.exe /L=1033 /S /D=C:\Pidgin
+}}}
+The GTK+ installer has two silent states. One with message boxes: `/S`, and one without: `/S /NOUI`.  This is because the installer was made to run from within the Pidgin installer, where you would expect to see message boxes for errors.
 
 == Packages ==