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Commented Issue: Create One Click app Bootstrapper [7]

Jmiller76 — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:09:40 GMT

Never written one so i dont know all the constraints. Thinking of a command like:

Start http://boxstarter.org/{user}/{package}

This downloads the BoxStarter module and away you go.
Comments: I saw a link to this one from issue http://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/10 but looking now, I don't think this really addresses this issue, though it may help with the other.

Commented Issue: Create One Click app Bootstrapper [7]

Jmiller76 — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:44:39 GMT

Never written one so i dont know all the constraints. Thinking of a command like:

Start http://boxstarter.org/{user}/{package}

This downloads the BoxStarter module and away you go.
Comments: I put the attached together for a PowerShell user group Proof of Concept a while back. What it does is create a self running Zip file that then executes one of the PowerShell files inside of it. This may be a good hack to get your installer from EXE or URL going.

Created Issue: Install Finish Message not seen when run from Explorer.exe click [12]

Jmiller76 — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:40:13 GMT

It looks like your intent is for the install BAT to be run from a CMD or PowerShell console.
If you insert something like:
```
$ParrentProcess = GWmi Win32_Process -filter "processid = $PID" | % { Get-Process -id $_.ParentProcessId }
if ($ParrentProcess.ProcessName -eq "explorer") {
Read-Host 'Press Enter to continue...' | Out-Null
}
```
Then you can pause after $successMsg is echoed.

Commented Issue: RFE: make a simplified installed like http://chocolatey.org/install.ps1 [10]

mwrock — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:52:57 GMT

Chocolatey has a command available at [http://chocolatey.org/](http://chocolatey.org/) that a user can run from both cmd and powershell to get chocolatey installed:

```
@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('http://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%systemdrive%\chocolatey\bin
```

It seems like http://boxstarter.org/ could include a similar kind of script that would enable a 'fresh install' experience.

Even better would be if a person could include (as a replacement or as a parameter) a pointer to their own package and then it would install Boxstarter and run the steps/package pointed to by the parameter.

Currently I'm doing something similar, albeit much more manual, via a powershell script I keep in a public github repo - I'd much rather replace that with a Boxstarter package. :)
Comments: Yes I think I will do this. It will probably just be a wrapper for installing chocolatey if it is not installed and then getting the boxstarter modules via chocolatey and finally loading the modules. Then like you mention it will also begin an install if a package name is passed. I'll put this same logic in the .zip on codeplex so as I rev new versions, I don't have to update the codeplex zip since it will just be a proxy for the chocolatey install. The Holy Grail that I am really after is http://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/7 which is to create a one-click app for the install. Thanks a bunch for all your feedback!!!

Closed Issue: setup.bat output gives incorrect Import-Module commands ? [9]

mwrock — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:26:57 GMT

This is running on a fresh 32-bit Win7 Enterprise RTM virtual machine - PowerShell is v2.

The setup.bat output includes these lines:

> To list all available Boxstarter Commands, use:
PS:>Import-Module Boxstarter.*
PS:>Get-Command -Module Boxstarter.*

> To find more info visit http://Boxstarter.Codeplex.com or use:
PS:>Import-Module Boxstarter.*
PS:>Get-Help Boxstarter

However, Import-Module Boxstarter.* doesn't work (not sure if that's a PowerShell v3 feature or not)

> Import-Module : The specified module 'Boxstarter.*' was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory.

![Image](http://i.imgur.com/mVVGscw.png)

The command "Get-Module Boxstarter.* -ListAvailable" __does__ work fine, and shows 4 modules, so AFAICT it isn't that the modules aren't available.

* Should the Import-Module Boxstarter.* be replaced with the Get-Module -ListAvailable command piped into Import-Module?
* Can/should the 4 modules be combined into 1 so 'Import-Module Boxstarter' is all that's needed?
* Alternatively, can a Boxstarter 'meta-module' (not sure if such a thing exists in PowerShell) be created that would just include the 4 'real' Boxstarter.* modules (and in the right order, if there's an import order required) ? Something like require.js in the javascript world, I guess?

Commented Issue: setup.bat output gives incorrect Import-Module commands ? [9]

mwrock — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:26:51 GMT

Edited Issue: setup.bat output gives incorrect Import-Module commands ? [9]

mwrock — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:26:51 GMT

Closed Issue: outdated param doc in Install-WindowsUpdate.ps1? [11]

mwrock — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:07:56 GMT

In Boxstarter.WinConfig\Install-WindowsUpdate.ps1

The doc text at the top says:

> .PARAMETER Criteria
The criteria used for searching updates. __The default criteria is "BrowseOnly=0 and IsAssigned=1 and IsHidden=0 and IsInstalled=0 and Type='Software'" which is effectively just critical updates.__

But the param block shows the default doesn't include (AFAICT) the BrowseOnly=0 and IsAssigned=1 parts.

```
[string]$criteria="IsHidden=0 and IsInstalled=0 and Type='Software'"
```

I don't know enough about the criteria to say whether this is different or just my lack of knowledge about BrowseOnly=0 and IsAssigned=1 :)
Comments: Thanks for noticing this. I had changed this weeks ago and simply neglected to change the help docs. The one used in the docs broke on some OSs and the current one is reflective of critical updates. fixed in 06b38a583aa25528990775b9bbd8b4d0c6548bee

Closed Issue: A Create-Package method [5]

mwrock — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:24:16 GMT

Auto pack and push a file into a nuspec to a feed based on convention. Creating the nuspecs and arranging the file artifacts can be tedious.
Comments: Added to Boxstarter.Chocolatey new-BoxstarterPackage

Closed Issue: Exception calling "Install" [8]

mwrock — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:22:19 GMT

Hiya,
Trying to get a custom packate up and working based off "example". I've taken most of the header, including:

Install-WindowsUpdate

(I've got more obviously). I packaged up successfully and have been running my package. After two reboots, I'm seeing the following exception:

Checking for helper updates...
Chocolatey (v0.9.8.20-alpha2) is installing AppServer and dependencies. By installing you accept the license for AppServer and each dependency you are installing.
______ AppServer v6.6.6 ______
Checking for updates...
2
Updates found
*
Windows Internet Explorer 9 for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
already downloaded
*
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - December 2012 (KB890830)
already downloaded
Downloading complete
Beginning to install
Exception calling "Install" with "0" argument(s): "Exception from HRESULT: 0x80240023"
At C:\Chocolatey\lib\BoxStarter.Helpers.0.1.9\Install-WindowsUpdate.ps1:40 char:9
+ $result = $Installer.Install()
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ComMethodTargetInvocation

PS C:\Windows\system32>

Probably related, I then manually ran Windows Update and the dialog indicated that the version of Windows Update needed to be upgraded. So perhaps the older version has a different API?

I manually completed the windows update and removed this Install-WindowsUpdate call from my script (probably makes more sense to run it after I have installed everything I need)

Great tool BTW, will save me hours in setting up VMs (I hope!)

Comments: Fixed in Boxstarter.WinConfig v1.0. Install-WindowsUpdate now takes a -AcceptEula switch.

Created Issue: outdated param doc in Install-WindowsUpdate.ps1? [11]

jmanning — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:08:31 GMT

Created Issue: RFE: make a simplified installed like http://chocolatey.org/install.ps1 [10]

jmanning — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:12:23 GMT

Created Issue: setup.bat output gives incorrect Import-Module commands ? [9]

jmanning — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:50:19 GMT

Commented Issue: Exception calling "Install" [8]

mwrock — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:07:14 GMT

Hiya,
Trying to get a custom packate up and working based off "example". I've taken most of the header, including:

Install-WindowsUpdate

(I've got more obviously). I packaged up successfully and have been running my package. After two reboots, I'm seeing the following exception:

Checking for helper updates...
Chocolatey (v0.9.8.20-alpha2) is installing AppServer and dependencies. By installing you accept the license for AppServer and each dependency you are installing.
______ AppServer v6.6.6 ______
Checking for updates...
2
Updates found
*
Windows Internet Explorer 9 for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
already downloaded
*
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - December 2012 (KB890830)
already downloaded
Downloading complete
Beginning to install
Exception calling "Install" with "0" argument(s): "Exception from HRESULT: 0x80240023"
At C:\Chocolatey\lib\BoxStarter.Helpers.0.1.9\Install-WindowsUpdate.ps1:40 char:9
+ $result = $Installer.Install()
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ComMethodTargetInvocation

PS C:\Windows\system32>

Probably related, I then manually ran Windows Update and the dialog indicated that the version of Windows Update needed to be upgraded. So perhaps the older version has a different API?

I manually completed the windows update and removed this Install-WindowsUpdate call from my script (probably makes more sense to run it after I have installed everything I need)

Great tool BTW, will save me hours in setting up VMs (I hope!)

Comments: That error code indicates a eula that has not been accepted. Looks like the API does allow you to accept eulas. I should add a switch argument allowing users to pass -AcceptEulas and then accept these. Thanks for reporting!

Created Issue: Exception calling "Install" [8]

pmcevoy — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:01:46 GMT

Commented Feature: Add Chocolatey packages via an array of package names [1]

staxmanade — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:49:30 GMT

Even cooler: build the dependency graph of all packages and download in parallel.
Comments: This somewhat relates, but you may have a different idea/location for this concept... In my own personal powershell developer box setup I have a text string with rows of chocolatey id's I want to install. You can see the implemenation here. https://github.com/staxmanade/Scripts/blob/master/devInstall.ps1#L15-30 It's not ideal, but at least gives me the ability to add/remove items to be installed before it starts up...

Created Issue: Create One Click app Bootstrapper [7]

mwrock — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:13:53 GMT

Never written one so i dont know all the constraints. Thinking of a command like:

Start http://boxstarter.org/{user}/{package}

This downloads the BoxStarter module and away you go.

Created Issue: Add Function to add Choclatey package to BoxStarter Package [6]

mwrock — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:08:44 GMT

With tab completion for the choclotey names

Created Issue: A Create-Package method [5]

mwrock — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:06:55 GMT

Auto pack and push a file into a nuspec to a feed based on convention. Creating the nuspecs and arranging the file artifacts can be tedious.

Created Issue: Better Error Messages/handling [4]

mwrock — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:05:08 GMT

Some really suck right now