GetInstallInfo

Summary

Returns a data dictionary that contains information on the installation type properties for the current version of the Esri Mapping and Charting solutions software installed on a particular machine.

Discussion

A Python developer sometimes needs to get the exact version of the Esri Mapping and Charting solutions software that is installed on a particular machine. This function returns a data dictionary of values, so you can limit your Python scripts to run only on a specific release of the software.

Syntax

GetInstallInfo ()

Return Value

Data Type

Explanation

Dictionary

The function returns a data dictionary containing the properties of the installation. Keys Values SourceDir Source directory InstallDate Date of installation ProductName Product installed (Desktop, Server, Engine) BuildNumber The build number InstallType The installation type (or N/A) Version The product version SPNumber Service pack build number (or N/A) Installer Account installed by InstallDir Installation location InstallTime Time of installation GetInstallInfo's dictionary object keys

Code sample

GetInstallInfo example 1

Return installation information.

import arcpyproduction

# Use the dictionary iteritems to iterate through 
#   the key/value pairs from GetInstallInfo
d = arcpyproduction.GetInstallInfo()
for key, value in d.iteritems():
    # Print a formatted string of the install key and its value
    #
    print("{:<13} : {}".format(key, value))

GetInstallInfo example 2

Return the product version.

import arcpyproduction

print(arcpyproduction.GetInstallInfo()['Version'])