ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Desktop - Install/Licensing

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Issue/Question

How do I install ArcGIS?
How do I uninstall ArcGIS?

Environment

Oregon State University
Employee or Student
Windows
ArcGIS
Citrix

License Restrictions

Available for OSU faculty, staff and students on institutional or personally-owned devices or computers for use in education and non-commercial research.

Also availble through Citrix

Resolution

If connecting from off campus, make sure to connect to the Campus VPN in order to access the software server.

Before proceeding, make sure .NET Runtime 6.0.5 or above is installed! The package for ArcGIS Pro will fail to create the installer if you proceed without it!

You can grab the installer for .NET 6.0 Runtime on Windows here.

ArcGIS Pro Named User License

Open Windows File Explorer and enter \\software.oregonstate.edu into the address bar.
Enter your username as onid\username and ONID password if prompted.
Navigate to Software -> ArcGIS -> ArcGIS_Pro.
Find the folder for the desired version and copy ArcGIS_Pro_[VERSION].exe to the desktop.
1. Version will change will each new version of ArcGIS, there should only be one ArcGIS_Pro.exe in the folder. There's also update patches and an optional help installer for offline machines.
Right click on ArcGIS_Pro_[VERSION].exe and select "Run as Administrator".
Once installed, open ArcGIS Pro. This will prompt to sign in.
Select "Your AcrGIS organization's URL" and enter "OSUGISci" in the login URL field.
Click the "Oregon State University" and sign in with ONID username and password.
Once signed in, click on the settings button in the bottom left of the screen -> about -> update.
1. Alternatively, there is a .msp patch available in the software folder for manual updating (useful for non-networked machines).