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I created an installer using Install Builder.

When installing from Terminal on Debian it shows this message,

Welcome to the Application Setup Wizard.

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Setup is now ready to begin installing Application on your computer.

Do you want to continue? [Y/n]:

What is the XML value that should be added to the Install Builder project file in order to prevent this message and start installing as soon as the user type this command in the Terminal?

./AppInstaller.run
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If you're looking for a silent installation, this is done by specifying the installation mode as unattended.

I quote from How can I silent install on Mac OS X?

In order to run InstallBuilder based installer in silent mode, you can specify --mode unattended - such as:

$ Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/installbuilder.sh --mode unattended

You can also make the unattended mode the default by adding the following to your project file:

<project>
    <defaultInstallationMode>unattended</defaultInstallationMode>
</project>

This will cause the installer to run in unattended mode by default. You can also change to minimalWithDialogs to also show the progress bar:

<project>
    <defaultInstallationMode>unattended</defaultInstallationMode>     
    <unattendedModeUI>minimalWithDialogs</unattendedModeUI>
</project>

After that, the installer will run in unattended mode by default and can still be switched to full GUI by running it from command line with --mode osx or --mode qt depending on if you are using Qt flavor of InstallBuilder.

However, the user will still have to double-click on the installer - and due to security issues it is not possible to automate this step (to avoid automatically running a virus or other unsafe file).

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