Setup instructions

Ketarin allows you to install applications by creating predefined rules. For example, you can install many applications in a row silently (no dialogs or manual input). Ketarin only informs the user of the install progress and any warnings or errors during install. On Windows, several installer types are being used which are described below along with their appropriate command line arguments to execute silent setups.

Getting Started

First open Ketarin and doubleclick the application you want to edit (or Context Menu → Edit). Select the Setup tab.

Here you can create, edit and delete setup instructions for your application. In order to create a new instruction, click the Add instruction button. The following choices are offered, all explained below:

• Start process
• Copy file
• Custom command

Start process

Here you can specify a program to start and any command line arguments to pass to the program, as well as overwrite environment variables (if needed).

Program to start: Select the program to start, typically an executable file (.exe), but can be any other file too.

Arguments: Specify command line arguments. Click the Insert button to add several predefined arguments (see full list of possible arguments below). Remember that arguments with spaces, like file paths, need to be enclosed in quotation marks.

Copy file

Here you can copy a file (for example the downloaded application, {file}) to a specified location. You can use environment variables in paths.

Source file: This is the file being copied. Default is {file} (the current location of the application setup package). See Special variables for more information.

Target file: This is a copy of the original file. You can specify environment variable by pressing the Environment button.

Custom Command

This dialog allows you to specify a custom command to run. Please refer to the Commands section for further details. Basically, you can perform more complex actions with this option.

Installer Types

There are several installer types that program authors use. Beware that depending on the type of the installer command line arguments may vary greatly. Since Ketarin is a Windows only application, we will only look at installers that support Microsoft Windows, trying to cover all widespread installers here.

It is very likely that most of your applications use one of the following installers.

Name	Arguments	Examples	File Extension
Inno Setup (INNO)	/VERYSILENT	Start Process "{file}" /VERYSILENT	.EXE
InstallShield	/s	Start Process "{file}" /s	.EXE
Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS)	/S	Start Process "{file}" /S	.EXE
Windows Hotfix (MSU)	/passive	Start Process "{file}" /passive	.MSU
Windows Installer (MSI Installer)	/quiet /passive /q[n|b|r|f] n - No UI b - Basic UI r - Reduced UI f - Full UI (default)	Start Process "{file}" /qn Custom Command msiexec.exe /i "{file}" /qn Note: You may also want to add /norestart to prevent the installer from rebooting your system unexpectedly.	.MSI
Self-extracting archive (SFX)	/s	Start Process "{file}" /s	.EXE
Ultimate Packer for eXecutables (UPX)	-d	Custom Command upx.exe -d "{file}"	.EXE

Application Installer Types List

Here is a very incomplete list of applications and what installer they use. If you don't find what you are looking for, use Universal Silent Switch Finder to find out which installer is being used.

Application Name	Installer Type
7Zip	x86:NSIS/x64:MSI
AC3Filter	INNO
Adobe Shockwave Player	NSIS
Advanced Shortcuts Composer	INNO
AMD Dual Core Optimizer	Installshield
Auto Gordian Knot	NSIS
BlueScreenView	UPX
CCleaner	NSIS
Crysis Warhead Framebuffer Benchmark	MSI
CrystalDiskMark	INNO
Desktop Icon Restore	MSI
Driver Sweeper	INNO
Duplicate Cleaner	NSIS
EasyBCD	NSIS
ESET NOD32 Antivirus	MSI
Estonian ID Card	MSI
ExplorerView	NSIS
FFDShow	INNO
Firefox	UPX
Fraps	NSIS
Gmail Backup	NSIS
ImgBurn	NSIS
InfranView	UPX
ISO Recorder	MSI
Jumplist Extender	INNO
LockHunter	INNO
Logitech Gamepanel	Installshield
Logitech SetPoint	NSIS
Mega MP3 Split	INNO
Microsoft Windows Live Communications Platform Component	MSI
Microsoft Windows Live Messenger Standalone	MSI
Mp3Tag	NSIS
Nokia Software Updater	UPX
Notepad++	NSIS
Nvidia PhysX	MSI
Open Expert	SFX
OpenOffice	NSIS
Open With Arguments	INNO
Pazera FLV to AVI Converter	UPX
Punkbuster Setup	UPX
Resource Hacker	INNO
Restorator	INNO
SD Explorer	INNO
SendToToys	INNO
ShellExView	UPX
ShellMenuView	UPX
Smart Defrag	INNO
SpyBot Search & Destroy	INNO
SpyBot Search & Destroy Standalone Updates	NSIS
Universal Extractor	INNO
USB Disk Eject	UPX
UxStyle Core	MSI
VLC	NSIS
WGET	UPX
Windows 7 Filter Tweaker	INNO
Windows 7 Updates Downloader	NSIS
XRecode	INNO

Installing Applications via Ketarin

Now that you have created setup instructions for your applications, let's see how you can install them. In the main Ketarin window click the Install... button.

You can then create lists from applications. For example, you can select all security programs from the right column and click Selection → Save as new list to create a new list of security applications.

Note: Ketarin will automatically create lists for categories. So if you assign a category to all applications, you may not need to create further lists.

You can also create a new empty list in the left column by clicking the New button. You can then add programs to it by clicking the Add button below the right column.

Once you are finished with creating lists, you can start the installation. For installation you have 2 choices:

• Install - Install the local copy of the applications.
• Update and install - First checks for updates. If an update is available, it is downloaded then installed. If no update is available the installation proceeds with the already existing files.

If you have problems with downloads, refer to Troubleshooting downloads.

In either case the following dialog is shown:

Here you can see the progress of the current installation and any warnings or errors that may occur.