GetInstallInfo

Summary

The GetInstallInfo function returns a dictionary that contains information on the installation.

Syntax

GetInstallInfo ()

Return Value

Data Type

Explanation

Dictionary

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

Code sample

GetInstallInfo example

Return installation information.

import arcpy

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

GetInstallInfo example 2

Return the product version.

import arcpy
print(arcpy.GetInstallInfo()['Version'])