Install-ChocolateyPackage

NOTE: Administrative Access Required.

Installs software into "Programs and Features" based on a remote file download. Use Install-ChocolateyInstallPackage when local or embedded file.

Building packages for an organization or for use internally? You want to use Install-ChocolateyINSTALLPackage instead of this method (see links below).

Syntax

Install-ChocolateyPackage `
  -PackageName <String> `
  [-FileType <String>] `
  [-SilentArgs <String[]>] `
  [-Url <String>] `
  [-Url64bit <String>] `
  [-ValidExitCodes <Object>] `
  [-Checksum <String>] `
  [-ChecksumType <String>] `
  [-Checksum64 <String>] `
  [-ChecksumType64 <String>] `
  [-Options <Hashtable>] `
  [-File <String>] `
  [-File64 <String>] `
  [-UseOnlyPackageSilentArguments] `
  [-UseOriginalLocation] `
  [-IgnoredArguments <Object[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

This will download a native installer from a url and install it on your machine. Has error handling built in.

If you are embedding the file(s) directly in the package (or do not need to download a file first), use Install-ChocolateyInstallPackage instead.

Building packages for an organization or for use internally? You want to use Install-ChocolateyINSTALLPackage instead of this method (see links below).

Notes

This command will assert UAC/Admin privileges on the machine.

This is a native installer wrapper function. A "true" package will contain all the run time files and not an installer. That could come pre-zipped and require unzipping in a PowerShell script. Chocolatey works best when the packages contain the software it is managing. Most software in the Windows world comes as installers and Chocolatey understands how to work with that, hence this wrapper function.

Chocolatey works best when the packages contain the software it is managing and doesn't require downloads. However most software in the Windows world requires redistribution rights and when sharing packages publicly (like on the community feed), maintainers may not have those aforementioned rights. Chocolatey understands how to work with that, hence this function. You are not subject to this limitation with internal packages.

Aliases

None

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

$packageName= 'bob'
$toolsDir   = "$(Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$url        = 'https://somewhere.com/file.msi'
$url64      = 'https://somewhere.com/file-x64.msi'

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName   = $packageName
  fileType      = 'msi'
  url           = $url
  url64bit      = $url64
  silentArgs    = "/qn /norestart"
  validExitCodes= @(0, 3010, 1641)
  softwareName  = 'Bob*'
  checksum      = '12345'
  checksumType  = 'sha256'
  checksum64    = '123356'
  checksumType64= 'sha256'
}

Install-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs

EXAMPLE 2

$packageName= 'bob'
$toolsDir   = "$(Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$url        = 'https://somewhere.com/file.msi'
$url64      = 'https://somewhere.com/file-x64.msi'


$packageArgs = @{
  packageName   = $packageName
  fileType      = 'msi'
  url           = $url
  url64bit      = $url64
  silentArgs    = "/qn /norestart MSIPROPERTY=`"true`""
  validExitCodes= @(0, 3010, 1641)
  softwareName  = 'Bob*'
  checksum      = '12345'
  checksumType  = 'sha256'
  checksum64    = '123356'
  checksumType64= 'sha256'
}

Install-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs

EXAMPLE 3

$packageName= 'bob'
$toolsDir   = "$(Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$url        = 'https://somewhere.com/file.msi'
$url64      = 'https://somewhere.com/file-x64.msi'
$urlTransform = 'https://somewhere.com/file.mst'
$mstFileLocation = Join-Path $toolsDir 'transform.mst'

Get-ChocolateyWebFile -PackageName 'bob' `
                      -Url $urlTransform -FileFullPath $mstFileLocation `
                      -Checksum '1234' -ChecksumType 'sha256'

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName   = $packageName
  fileType      = 'msi'
  file          = $fileLocation
  silentArgs    = "/qn /norestart TRANSFORMS=`"$mstFileLocation`""
  validExitCodes= @(0, 3010, 1641)
  softwareName  = 'Bob*'
}

Install-ChocolateyInstallPackage @packageArgs

EXAMPLE 4

Install-ChocolateyPackage 'StExBar' 'msi' '/quiet' `
 'http://stexbar.googlecode.com/files/StExBar-1.8.3.msi' `
 'http://stexbar.googlecode.com/files/StExBar64-1.8.3.msi'

EXAMPLE 5

Install-ChocolateyPackage 'mono' 'exe' '/SILENT' `
 'http://somehwere/something.exe' -ValidExitCodes @(0,21)

EXAMPLE 6

Install-ChocolateyPackage 'ruby.devkit' 'exe' '/SILENT' `
 'http://cdn.rubyinstaller.org/archives/devkits/DevKit-mingw64-32-4.7.2-20130224-1151-sfx.exe' `
 'http://cdn.rubyinstaller.org/archives/devkits/DevKit-mingw64-64-4.7.2-20130224-1432-sfx.exe' `
 -checksum '9383f12958aafc425923e322460a84de' -checksumType 'md5' `
 -checksum64 'ce99d873c1acc8bffc639bd4e764b849'

EXAMPLE 7

Install-ChocolateyPackage 'bob' 'exe' '/S' 'https://somewhere/bob.exe' 'https://somewhere/bob-x64.exe'

EXAMPLE 8

$options =
@{
  Headers = @{
    Accept = 'text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8';
    'Accept-Charset' = 'ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.3';
    'Accept-Language' = 'en-GB,en-US;q=0.8,en;q=0.6';
    Cookie = 'requiredinfo=info';
    Referer = 'https://somelocation.com/';
  }
}

Install-ChocolateyPackage -PackageName 'package' -FileType 'exe' -SilentArgs '/S' 'https://somelocation.com/thefile.exe' -Options $options

Inputs

None

Outputs

None

Parameters

-PackageName <String>

The name of the package - while this is an arbitrary value, it's recommended that it matches the package id.

Property	Value
Aliases
Required?	true
Position?	1
Default Value
Accept Pipeline Input?	false

-FileType [<String>]

This is the extension of the file. This can be 'exe', 'msi', or 'msu'. Licensed editions of Chocolatey use this to automatically determine silent arguments. If this is not provided, Chocolatey will automatically determine this using the downloaded file's extension.

Property	Value
Aliases	installerType, installType
Required?	false
Position?	2
Default Value	exe
Accept Pipeline Input?	false

-SilentArgs [<String[]>]

OPTIONAL - These are the parameters to pass to the native installer, including any arguments to make the installer silent/unattended. Licensed editions of Chocolatey will automatically determine the installer type and merge the arguments with what is provided here.

Try any of the to get the silent (unattended) installer - /s /S /q /Q /quiet /silent /SILENT /VERYSILENT. With msi it is always /quiet. Please pass it in still but it will be overridden by Chocolatey to /quiet. If you don't pass anything it could invoke the installer with out any arguments. That means a nonsilent installer.

Please include the notSilent tag in your Chocolatey package if you are not setting up a silent/unattended package. Please note that if you are submitting to the community repository, it is nearly a requirement for the package to be completely unattended.

When you are using this with an MSI, it will set up the arguments as follows: "C:\Full\Path\To\msiexec.exe" /i "$downloadedFileFullPath" $silentArgs, where $downloadedfileFullPath is $url or $url64, depending on what has been decided to be used.

When you use this with MSU, it is similar to MSI above in that it finds the right executable to run.

When you use this with executable installers, the $downloadedFileFullPath will also be $url/$url64 SilentArgs is everything you call against that file, as in "$fileFullPath" $silentArgs". An example would be "c:\path\setup.exe" /S, where $downloadedfileFullPath = "c:\path\setup.exe" and $silentArgs = "/S".

Property	Value
Aliases
Required?	false
Position?	3
Default Value
Accept Pipeline Input?	false

-Url [<String>]

This is the 32 bit url to download the resource from. This resource can be used on 64 bit systems when a package has both a Url and Url64bit specified if a user passes --forceX86. If there is only a 64 bit url available, please remove do not use the paramter (only use Url64bit). Will fail on 32bit systems if missing or if a user attempts to force a 32 bit installation on a 64 bit system.

Prefer HTTPS when available. Can be HTTP, FTP, or File URIs.

Property	Value
Aliases
Required?	false
Position?	4
Default Value
Accept Pipeline Input?	false

-Url64bit [<String>]

OPTIONAL - If there is a 64 bit resource available, use this parameter. Chocolatey will automatically determine if the user is running a 64 bit OS or not and adjust accordingly. Please note that the 32 bit url will be used in the absence of this. This parameter should only be used for 64 bit native software. If the original Url contains both (which is quite rare), set this to '$url' Otherwise remove this parameter.

Prefer HTTPS when available. Can be HTTP, FTP, or File URIs.

Property	Value
Aliases	url64
Required?	false
Position?	5
Default Value
Accept Pipeline Input?	false

-ValidExitCodes [<Object>]

Array of exit codes indicating success. Defaults to @(0).

Property	Value
Aliases
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	@(0)
Accept Pipeline Input?	false

-Checksum [<String>]

The checksum hash value of the Url resource. This allows a checksum to be validated for files that are not local. The checksum type is covered by ChecksumType.

NOTE: Checksums in packages are meant as a measure to validate the originally intended file that was used in the creation of a package is the same file that is received at a future date. Since this is used for other steps in the process related to the community repository, it ensures that the file a user receives is the same file a maintainer and a moderator (if applicable), plus any moderation review has intended for you to receive with this package. If you are looking at a remote source that uses the same url for updates, you will need to ensure the package also stays updated in line with those remote resource updates. You should look into automatic packaging to help provide that functionality.

NOTE: To determine checksums, you can get that from the original site if provided. You can also use the [checksum tool available on the community feed](https://chocolatey.org/packages/checksum) (choco install checksum) and use it e.g. checksum -t sha256 -f path\to\file. Ensure you provide checksums for all remote resources used.

Property	Value
Aliases
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value
Accept Pipeline Input?	false

-ChecksumType [<String>]

The type of checkum that the file is validated with - valid values are 'md5', 'sha1', 'sha256' or 'sha512' - defaults to 'md5'.

MD5 is not recommended as certain organizations need to use FIPS compliant algorithms for hashing - see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/811833 for more details.

The recommendation is to use at least SHA256.

Property	Value
Aliases
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value
Accept Pipeline Input?	false

-Checksum64 [<String>]

OPTIONAL if no Url64bit - The checksum hash value of the Url64bit resource. This allows a checksum to be validated for files that are not local. The checksum type is covered by ChecksumType64.

NOTE: Checksums in packages are meant as a measure to validate the originally intended file that was used in the creation of a package is the same file that is received at a future date. Since this is used for other steps in the process related to the community repository, it ensures that the file a user receives is the same file a maintainer and a moderator (if applicable), plus any moderation review has intended for you to receive with this package. If you are looking at a remote source that uses the same url for updates, you will need to ensure the package also stays updated in line with those remote resource updates. You should look into automatic packaging to help provide that functionality.

Property	Value
Aliases
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value
Accept Pipeline Input?	false

-ChecksumType64 [<String>]

OPTIONAL - The type of checkum that the file is validated with - valid values are 'md5', 'sha1', 'sha256' or 'sha512' - defaults to ChecksumType parameter value.

MD5 is not recommended as certain organizations need to use FIPS compliant algorithms for hashing - see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/811833 for more details.

The recommendation is to use at least SHA256.

Property	Value
Aliases
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value
Accept Pipeline Input?	false

-Options [<Hashtable>]

OPTIONAL - Specify custom headers. Available in 0.9.10+.

Property	Value
Aliases
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	@{Headers=@{}}
Accept Pipeline Input?	false

-File [<String>]

Will be used for Url if Url is empty. Available in 0.10.7+.

This parameter provides compatibility, but should not be used directly and not with the community package repository until January 2018.

Property	Value
Aliases	fileFullPath
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value
Accept Pipeline Input?	false

-File64 [<String>]

Will be used for Url64bit if Url64bit is empty. Available in 0.10.7+.

This parameter provides compatibility, but should not be used directly and not with the community package repository until January 2018.

Property	Value
Aliases	fileFullPath64
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value
Accept Pipeline Input?	false

-UseOnlyPackageSilentArguments

Do not allow choco to provide/merge additional silent arguments and only use the ones available with the package. Available in 0.9.10+.

Property	Value
Aliases	useOnlyPackageSilentArgs
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	False
Accept Pipeline Input?	false

-UseOriginalLocation

Do not download the resources. This is typically passed if Url/Url64bit are pointed to local files or files on a share and those files should be used in place. Available in 0.10.1+.

NOTE: You can also use Install-ChocolateyInstallPackage for the same functionality (see links).

Property	Value
Aliases
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	False
Accept Pipeline Input?	false

-IgnoredArguments [<Object[]>]

Allows splatting with arguments that do not apply. Do not use directly.

Property	Value
Aliases
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value
Accept Pipeline Input?	false

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216 .

Links

[[Get-ChocolateyWebFile|HelpersGetChocolateyWebFile]]
[[Install-ChocolateyInstallPackage|HelpersInstallChocolateyInstallPackage]]
[[Get-UninstallRegistryKey|HelpersGetUninstallRegistryKey]]
[[Install-ChocolateyZipPackage|HelpersInstallChocolateyZipPackage]]

[[Function Reference|HelpersReference]]

NOTE: This documentation has been automatically generated from Import-Module "$env:ChocolateyInstall\helpers\chocolateyInstaller.psm1" -Force; Get-Help Install-ChocolateyPackage -Full.

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Install-ChocolateyPackage

Syntax

Description

Notes

Aliases

Examples

Inputs

Outputs

Parameters

-PackageName <String>

-FileType [<String>]

-SilentArgs [<String[]>]

-Url [<String>]

-Url64bit [<String>]

-ValidExitCodes [<Object>]

-Checksum [<String>]

-ChecksumType [<String>]

-Checksum64 [<String>]

-ChecksumType64 [<String>]

-Options [<Hashtable>]

-File [<String>]

-File64 [<String>]

-UseOnlyPackageSilentArguments

-UseOriginalLocation

-IgnoredArguments [<Object[]>]

<CommonParameters>

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Install-ChocolateyPackage

Syntax

Description

Notes

Aliases

Examples

Inputs

Outputs

Parameters

-PackageName <String>

-FileType [<String>]

-SilentArgs [<String[]>]

-Url [<String>]

-Url64bit [<String>]

-ValidExitCodes [<Object>]

-Checksum [<String>]

-ChecksumType [<String>]

-Checksum64 [<String>]

-ChecksumType64 [<String>]

-Options [<Hashtable>]

-File [<String>]

-File64 [<String>]

-UseOnlyPackageSilentArguments

-UseOriginalLocation

-IgnoredArguments [<Object[]>]

<CommonParameters>

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