How to push Autodesk update releases

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Darrick Sosebee

Can someone help me figure out how to deploy the update releases for Autodesk?  I have already deployed the software but now we have updates that need to be installed and I would like to push them out instead of installing them individually on each pc.

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  • Darrick Sosebee

    I figured it out. Just used the flags /W /q /norestart /I

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  • Rudy Mens

    I extract the .exe package to .msp files and then deploy them with the following command:

    msiexec.exe /p "Autodesk_Revit_2017-x64_SP2.msp" /qn /norestart /log output.log /quiet

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  • Darren Behner

    Is this run as "Deploy User (Interactive)"

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  • Darren Behner

    Rudy do you have an example for the exe files you get from Autodesk? I'm new to this scripting thing.

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  • Rudy Mens

    Hey Darren, I am out of office now. I will upload some screenshots and details tomorrow.

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  • Rudy Mens

    Hey Darren, 

    There are multiple ways of downloading Autodesk programs from the manage.autodesk.com site. Always use the browser download, this will give you a .exe 

    Then extract the .exe file to msp with the following command: 

    <local_drive:>\<patch_name>.exe /e <local_drive:>\<patch_name>.msp

    Then you can deploy it like a normal MSI file:

    msiexec.exe /p "Autodesk_Revit_2017-x64_SP2.msp" /qn /norestart /log output.log /quiet

    If you have any futher questions please let me known.

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  • Darren Behner

    Rudy thank you so much for sharing i will give it a try in the morning.

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  • Darren Behner

    Rudy having trouble with the conversion exe to msp.

    K:\Install\2017\Addins\Revit_WorksharingMonitor_2017_dlm.sfx.exe /e K:\Install\2017\Addins\Revit_WorksharingMonitor_2017_dlm.sfx.msp

    Is this used with the msiexec.exe?

    msiexec.exe /p "K:\Install\2017\Addins\Revit_WorksharingMonitor_2017_dlm.sfx.exe" /e "K:\Install\2017\Addins\Revit_WorksharingMonitor_2017_dlm.sfx.msp"

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  • Rudy Mens

    where did you download it? I can only find 2016

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  • Darren Behner

    I logged into the Autodesk Account under our Building design suite there is a downloads option

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  • Rudy Mens

    Ah ok, I looked in de Autodesk app Store. I will look in to it.

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  • Rudy Mens

    There are different types of installations for autodesk product

    1. The application install, which comes with a deployment creator builtin the setup. 
    2. The application updates, that you can extract to a msp file and deploy as mentioned earlier
    3. The add-on web install, (also used for Revit 2017.1 update), these are really annoying, you will have to run the webinstall on a workstation, during the install you will find a Autodesk folder on the systemdrive, in that folder you will find a setup.exe. If you move the downloaded file it will trow an error. 
    4. The self extracting add-ons / updates. When you start the download it will first extract itself to c:\autodesk. In this folder you will find a folder x86 and x64 with a MSI file in one of the subfolder. Use that MSI file for the deployment.

    In this case it's option 4, when you start the install it self extracts to c:\Autodesk\. Navigate to C:\Autodesk\Revit_WorksharingMonitor_2017_dlm\x64\RWSM there you will find a RWSM.msi file which you can use for the deployment.

    Make sure that you include the entire directory during the deployment

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