Installing Chocolatey via AutoIt

[Eggsplorer]

Hi,

I want to install chocolatey (https://chocolatey.org/) with AutoIt.

I just need to send the following command to cmd:

@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "(iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))) >$null 2>&1" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin

This is what I tried:

RunWait(@ComSpec & " /C " "@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "(iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))) >$null 2>&1" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin", "");

It didn't work propably because of the quotes.

So I tried this:

$code1 = "@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command"
$code2 = " (iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))) >$null 2>&1"
$code3 = " && SET PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"

RunWait(@ComSpec & " /C " & $code1 & $code2 & $code3, "");

Didn't work either.

Any help?

Thanks in advance =)

Edited October 29, 2015 by Eggsplorer

[ViciousXUSMC]

Sometimes if quotes get too complicated I just use a .bat file and run the .bat file with Autoit, maybe not as clean but its a solution.

#RequireAdmin
FileInstall("Chocolatey.bat", @TempDir & "\Chocolatey.bat", 1)
Run(@TempDir & "\Chocolatey.bat", @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE)

 

[JLogan3o13]

Or you could just change the /C to /K so the window stays open. That way you can see what the command window is returning.

Alternatively, write your Run code to the console to ensure it matches up as you would expect, like this:

$code1 = "@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command"
$code2 = " (iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))) >$null 2>&1"
$code3 = " && SET PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"

ConsoleWrite(@ComSpec & " /C " & $code1 & $code2 & $code3 & @CRLF)
;RunWait(@ComSpec & " /C " & $code1 & $code2 & $code3, "");

If it looks as you would expect, copy it from the AutoIt console window and paste into a command line, see what you get

Edited October 29, 2015 by JLogan3o13

[Eggsplorer]

Thanks a lot.
 I used a .bat-File but without the FileInstall.
My .bat-File is located on a server but accessing with RunWait() worked withoput problems.

Is FileInstall reccommended to avoid warning messages?

[ViciousXUSMC]

FileInstall actually includes the file inside the compiled .exe so its all self containing assuming your compiling the script and not just running it as an .au3

Good to use if you want to make things portable.