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Anonymous
October 31, 2014
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Adobe Reader MSI Release

  • October 31, 2014
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I am new to trying to roll out Adobe Reader by Group Policy and MSI's and am having trouble creating a new MSI from 11 and the AdbeRdrUpd11009 MSP. I have read many websites on creating the MSI which I have followed and I think I have created it correctly, but does anyone know if Adobe publish a prebuilt MSI for the latest version of the patch or update that I can use ?

Thanks for your help

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Correct answer EnterpriseHelp

Thanks for all the info, unfortunately I cant use the Bootstrapper install version and will have to try to get the msi install to work.

Best Regards


It should be easy. Just put the requisite installer files in a dir and run your cmd line as shown in our examples: 6   Windows cmd line and msiexec — Enterprise Administration Guide.

If you have any issues, post your complete cmd line.

Ben

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EnterpriseHelp
EnterpriseHelp
Inspiring
October 31, 2014

http://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/

  • There is a link to installers on the left.
  • The admin guide tells you what to do.
  • The release notes provide direct links to all updates.

In short, you don't have to create an MSI. If you downloaded an EXE, use the Admin Guide to learn how to extract the MSI.

hth,

Ben

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Anonymous
November 11, 2014

Thanks but I didn't find any prebuilt MSI's without the MSP and I am still having lots of issues trying to deploy 11009. Has anybody been able to slipstream the MSI and deploy via GPO at all ?

If anyone from Adobe does frequent these communities may I respectfully ask why you don't just release an MSI with the updates included ?

Thanks again

EnterpriseHelp
EnterpriseHelp
Inspiring
November 11, 2014

The versioning policy and update path is well documented in the admin guide: Latest MSI + latest Q + latest OOC patch. Deployments must chain these in the right order to succeed. Since the most common workflow for admins is to install the base MSI and then update as dot releases appear, that's the team's focus. Quarterlies are made cumulative to the last MSI to simplify updates.

However, a full MSI is occasionally released. Those are identified by the second number being incremented. For 11.x, there is no 11.1 yet.

Why don't you look at a bootstrapper deployment?:

hth,

Ben

MichaelKazlow
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October 31, 2014

Moved to Enterprise Deployment (Acrobat and Reader)

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