Python Silent Install

[Tim Golden]

On 23/02/2015 15:29, Tim Golden wrote:
> On 23/02/2015 13:57, Colin Atkinson wrote:
>> I am deploying Python to hundreds of machines using SCCM 2012.  I am 
>> using the below command to install:
>>
>> Msiexec /i “python.msi” TARGETDIR=”C:\Program Files\Python”
>> ALLUSERS=1 /qn
>>
>> Even though I am using /qn, a command prompt still appears at the end
>> of the install for about 5-6 seconds.  Is there any way to make the
>> install totally silent?
>>
>> The exact version of the .msi is:
>>
>> python-3.4.2.amd64.msi
>>
> 
> I haven't actually tried your command line myself, but I suspect that
> the final "command prompt" is actually the ensurepip step. You should be
> able to stop that by disabling that particular feature. Off the top of
> my head I don't know what the feature name is; I'll have to clone a 3.4
> repo and check (the installer has changed substantially for 3.5).

By quick inspection, it looks as though:

msiexec ADDLOCAL="all" REMOVE="pip_feature" /i python-3.4.2.amd64.msi /qn

should do the trick

TJG