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Pradeep Yadav
Pradeep Yadav

Reputation: 93

How to install MSI with silent installation

I am new to power shell, I want to install .msi for this we are using below command,

Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList 'C:\Users\abc.xuz\Downloads\Firefox Setup 14.0.1.msi'

However this is giving me an error. Along with this it should automatically accept next button. Please help me for the same.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 25576

Answers (3)

Pradeep Yadav
Pradeep Yadav

Reputation: 93

I have tried this and it worked:

Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList '/i 
"C:\Users\abc.xuz\Downloads\Firefox Setup 14.0.1.msi" /q /le 
"C:\Users\abc.xuz\Downloads\Firefox.log"'

Upvotes: 3

Prakashsinha Bayas
Prakashsinha Bayas

Reputation: 552

With below instruction, you can download MSI installer and print its version

git-bash command

curl -O https://download.microsoft.com/download/a/a/c/aacb9da7-b103-4bec-99ab-cfaf28b0ba78/x64/DacFramework.msi

power-shell command

Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList '/i "D:\a\r1\a\DacFramework.msi" /q /le "D:\a\r1\a\DacFramework.log"'

git-bash command set

echo "change directory to DAC bin"
cd "/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/150/DAC/bin"

echo "print present working directory"
pwd

echo "ls SqlPackage.exe"
ls SqlPackage.exe

echo "sql package version"
./SqlPackage.exe -version

output is as below

15.0.5164.1

Upvotes: 0

Kundan
Kundan

Reputation: 1415

This might help Silent installation of a MSI package

If you planning to automate the installtion then why don't you consider using chocolatey. Its a far better way than writting your own custom script.

It also provides option for installation/uninstall, specific version of package etc.

Steps to use chocolatey

  1. You need to Install chocolatey on your machine first
  2. Use choco install firefox to install it. Find more details here

Upvotes: 0

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