Pro Tools Installation via Avid Link or manually?

[atticmike]

Hello,

I'm setting up a new Pro Tools Studio Installation on a fresh system, the question is, should I use Avid Link to download and install Pro Tools or the manual file download installation, which is more reliable?

Also, should I right click install as an administrator, the setup file?

[Darryl Ramm]

It is not installing per-se that is an issue with Avid Link. It still invokes the standard installer, it's more all the stuff about downloading the installers, correctly working out if installed software needs to be updated, etc.

Like many users I have no time for buggy unreliable Avid Link, it's been demonstrated too many times to be buggy. It's sadly just badly done. Uninstall it, you are better off manually managing your system. And that's true for many plugin managers, ... Softube's one is broken on macOS for example, and then you get stuff like Toontrack Product Manager that just seems very well done.

No need to run the install as Admin. You should be an Administrator on the computer. Everything you need to know is documented: e.g. https://avid.secure.force.com/pkb/ar...s-Installation

[atticmike]

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

It is not installing per-se that is an issue with Avid Link. It still invokes the standard installer, it's more all the stuff about downloading the installers, correctly working out if installed software needs to be updated, etc.

Like many users I have no time for buggy unreliable Avid Link, it's been demonstrated too many times to be buggy. It's sadly just badly done. Uninstall it, you are better off manually managing your system. And that's true for many plugin managers, ... Softube's one is broken on macOS for example, and then you get stuff like Toontrack Product Manager that just seems very well done.

No need to run the install as Admin. You should be an Administrator on the computer. Everything you need to know is documented: e.g. https://avid.secure.force.com/pkb/ar...s-Installation

I gave Avid Link a try and it worked nicely except crashed during the installation of one plugin but it was still installed. I enjoyed that it did it all by itself and actually worked now flawlessly. I guess they improved it greatly.

[JoelG]

I've been using Link to update PT and plugins for the last year or so without issue. I think the first few versions tarnished folks opinion of it.

The only problem I'm having is it says I have 2 products to update, but everything is updated.

Joel