Gaea can be deployed to a large number of workstations in multiple ways.

Unattended Installation

There are two ways to perform multiple installations / mass deployment - through a command-line sequence using or using a zip file for xcopy style deployment.

In either case, you should prepare an activation file or a copy of the offline license (see License Types for more information)

Create an Activation File

1. Create a text file named activate.lic (Notepad is fine).
2. Put only the license key in the file (no extra spaces, no additional lines).
3. Copy activate.lic to the Gaea Data Folder (see Paths and Storage).
   • For mass deployment, place it in each user’s AppData > Gaea Data folder, or in the install folder as appropriate for your deployment setup.

On launch, Gaea will check if a license is already validated. If not, it will attempt to read and activate using activate.lic.

Command Line Installation

Run the install (typically Gaea-2.x.x.x.exe) either via UI or with command line

Command Line example:

Gaea-2.2.7.0.exe /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-

  ## additional flags
  /ALLUSERS - install for all users (administrative install).
  /CURRENTUSER - install for current user only (non-administrative install).
  /LOG="filename" - to save a log to a specific file.
  /DIR="X:\PATH" - override the installation folder.

Once the installation is finished, copy the license file to the Data Folder.