Install XSI on Linux from the command-line without any GUI
Request:
You want to install XSI on a Linux system from the command-line without having to run any GUI.
Workaround:
To do this, you can use the -cmdline switch as follows:
setup -cmdline -dest /var/tmp/myfavoriteSoftimageInstallPath
-cmdline offers no options at all. It installs everything for a typical setup using the default settings. Options such as the migration of user preferences from previous installations are ignored. After the installation, you must manually set the license server in the environment script.
You must be root to properly run setup from the command-line. It is possible to run it with the -noroot option, but this is not recommended because your /etc/services file will not get updated and xinetd will not be configured. The proper configuration of these files is required for distributed rendering to work.
Please note that the -cmdline switch was implemented with earlier XSI Setup programs and, while still functional in most cases, has not been tested in-house with current XSI Setups. Softimage and Avid are not responsible for any files that may go missing when installing from the command-line in this way.
