cdonald2 Posted April 8, 2019 Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 Hello everyone, Quick question for those who have been working on it.... I am attempting to make an application package out of an Office suite installer. We are successful in making and sending the package over to the client computer, and we can find the files located in the windows/temps/smartdeploy folder, but the software does not install. Has anyone run into a similar issue and if so, how did you work through it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmartDeploySupport Posted April 8, 2019 Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 Hello cdonald2, Depending on the version of Office you're trying to install, there is some additional work to automate the installation. Here's a link to the Office 2016 Deployment tool documentation. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/overview-of-the-office-2016-deployment-tool In short, you'll want to have the installation parameters pre-set in a file and invoke that file as part of the installation. I recommend testing this manually on a system before building it into an application pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdonald2 Posted April 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 Thanks for the reply. I have my installation set to an unattended install and it is working properly outside of smartdeploy. In my log I am getting an messaging saying that there was not a response received within the configured timeout. Would this be a network configuration that it is alluding to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Harris Posted April 8, 2019 Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 Can you share a screenshot of the App Pack, where you have the commands set? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdonald2 Posted April 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 I didn't set up an specific command lines within SmartDeploy, just edited my MSP file to disable items we didn't want to run. Are arguments required to run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Harris Posted April 8, 2019 Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 I do believe that you'd want to put your XML in the same older as setup.exe, then add that folder to the App Pack. Then you'd add the arguments: /configure installconfig.xml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdonald2 Posted April 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 I made the suggested changes to the App Pack but still similar results. 😕 Any more places I should nose around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Harris Posted April 8, 2019 Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 On a second look, this blog post has instructions for creating an MSP file which would automatically be applied when setup is run. It mentions MDT, however if you can create the MSP file and configure it per this blog, then you should be able to add the Visio install folder to an App Pack, in which setup would be run, detect this MSP file and install as configured. https://web.sas.upenn.edu/jasonrw/2015/11/03/automate-the-install-of-microsoft-office-2016-with-an-msp-file/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdonald2 Posted April 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 :D! Thats actually the webpage I had originally used to set up my MSP. I dont think its a problem with my MSP file. It is working properly. I've attached a screenshot of the error message I am receiving in smartdeploy, maybe this will jump some ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Harris Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 You receive this error, but files are still copied to the client? Are you able to deploy one of the apps that we have available for download successfully? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdonald2 Posted April 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 Yes, I am seeing files showing up in the windows/temp/smartdeploy folder. At one point we were successfully able to deploy the pre-made packages, they are also no longer going through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Harris Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 Do you see that same error message when you deploy one of the other packs? We'll probably need you to send logs into support@smartdeploy.com to investigate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdonald2 Posted April 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 So, for sake of my sanity, I pulled a new OFB computer, imaged, and checked that it can install pre-made app packs, and it was successful. So to amend myself, I get this error message on all the app packs that we have tried to personally make.* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron@Shared Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 Not sure if this is helpful, but in your run command section, you need an argument there for it to know what to do. Here is mine for Office 2010. I don't think your building your unattended or silent install correctly. Screenshot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Harris Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 It appeared that the mps and the mps.xml file weren't in the Updates folder of the package they send. I confirmed that if they are, the /adminfile argument shouldn't be needed. I also discovered that I could not add the .mps.xml as an individual file to the Updates folder, getting an error about the path. I had to place the files into the Update folder, and then re-add the entire Visio installation folder back into the spk. (I have alerted the dev team to investigate this problem) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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