Small installation package with just the client components

[jstrygner]

I have a question about a smaller installation package containing just the client components.
The installation package is to be distributed to a large group of users via a (rather slow) network and ran automatically&silently (using a batch file containing the proper command line parameters). For that I'd like to have an install pack as small as possible. Can this be easily done? Are there any ready 'light versions' of the installation package that can be utilized or maybe anyone has tried to prepare their own installpack through removing some unnecessary files from the Data1.cab file? Any thoughts?

[David Usherwood]

Not quite what you were looking for, but I know that many sites distribute TM1 by simply taking the entire bin directory from an installation and making it available to the correct users. This has worked through many versions. Makes upgrades easy too. You lose access to the help files of course.

[Steve Vincent]

i'd be wary of trying to install it anyway other than via the provider installer. If you get issues it'll be hard for IBM to support you if there are files missing etc, and it's not like their yearly maintenance fees are cheap...

[Martin Erlmoser]

since they don't use the compiled html help files the install is pretty slow.
for support things i would recommend using the original installer, even if its big & slow.

of course you can create your own installation, or use cool products which make installing sw on every client no longer needed

[TJMurphy]

i'd be wary of trying to install it anyway other than via the provider installer. If you get issues it'll be hard for IBM to support you if there are files missing etc, and it's not like their yearly maintenance fees are cheap...

In an ideal world I'd agree with you but when the installer program is so large (before including the FixPack) that you can't email it to your users and they're not to be trusted* with the task of running the installer themselves then you're kind of stuck with a DIY solution. Last couple of times I built an installer using a program called InnoSetup and I just hope I can do something similar this time around too. We're going to have to upgrade to 9.4 as we're being upgraded to Office 2007 so it's something we need to look into soon.

Tony