Downloads:

254,280

Downloads of v 0.0.1:

9,497

Last Update:

21 Jun 2018

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Bill Curran

Tags:

bcurran3 unofficial choco misc helpers extension

Chocolatey Misc Helpers Extension

This is not the latest version of Chocolatey Misc Helpers Extension available.

0.0.1 | Updated: 21 Jun 2018

Downloads:

254,280

Downloads of v 0.0.1:

9,497

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Bill Curran

Tags:

bcurran3 unofficial choco misc helpers extension

Chocolatey Misc Helpers Extension 0.0.1

This is not the latest version of Chocolatey Misc Helpers Extension available.

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Details

To install Chocolatey Misc Helpers Extension, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

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To upgrade Chocolatey Misc Helpers Extension, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall Chocolatey Misc Helpers Extension, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

NOTE: This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Enter your internal repository url

(this should look similar to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2)

4. Choose your deployment method:


choco upgrade chocolatey-misc-helpers.extension -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade chocolatey-misc-helpers.extension -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode


- name: Ensure chocolatey-misc-helpers.extension installed
  win_chocolatey:
    name: chocolatey-misc-helpers.extension
    state: present
    version: 0.0.1
    source: STEP 3 URL

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.

Coming early 2020! Central Managment Reporting available now! More information...


chocolatey_package 'chocolatey-misc-helpers.extension' do
  action    :install
  version  '0.0.1'
  source   'STEP 3 URL'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


Chocolatey::Ensure-Package
(
    Name: chocolatey-misc-helpers.extension,
    Version: 0.0.1,
    Source: STEP 3 URL
);

Requires Otter Chocolatey Extension. See docs at https://inedo.com/den/otter/chocolatey.


cChocoPackageInstaller chocolatey-misc-helpers.extension
{
   Name     = 'chocolatey-misc-helpers.extension'
   Ensure   = 'Present'
   Version  = '0.0.1'
   Source   = 'STEP 3 URL'
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'chocolatey-misc-helpers.extension':
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  ensure   => '0.0.1',
  source   => 'STEP 3 URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


salt '*' chocolatey.install chocolatey-misc-helpers.extension version="0.0.1" source="STEP 3 URL"

See docs at https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.chocolatey.html.

5. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

This package was approved by moderator gep13 on 20 Jul 2018.

Description

chocolatey-misc-helpers.extension provides helper functions to be used in Chocolatey install/uninstall scripts by package creators/maintainers.

These didn't fit into the concept scope of my other extensions so I decided to start a new miscellaneous collection and will add to it as "needed."

HELPERS:

  • Start-CheckandStop - checks for and stops a process if running. Also creates variables to easily restart the process after a package upgrade. Useful for installers that fail if the program is running. Read comments in the script to implement.
  • Start-WaitandStop - starts a background process to stop a (foreground) process - quits after 5 minutes or after the process gets stopped. Useful to stop additional pop-up programs during installation. This would usually be called before Install-ChocolateyPackage.
  • Start-WaitandStopActual - (do not directly use) called by Start-WaitandStop to make Start-WaitandStop simple to use.

USAGE:

  • Start-CheckandStop "ProcessName"
  • Start-WaitandStop "ProcessName"

PACKAGE NOTES

extensions\chocolatey-misc-helpers.psm1 
$scriptRoot = Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
 
$publicFunctions = @(
    'Start-CheckandStop',
	'Start-WaitandStop',
	'Start-WaitandStopActual'
)
 
Get-ChildItem -Path "$scriptRoot\*.ps1" | ForEach-Object { . $_ }
Export-ModuleMember -Function $publicFunctions
extensions\Start-CheckandStop.ps1 
# Checks for and stops $ProcessName if running
# $ProcessWasRunning can be checked later in scripts to re-run the process if it was running before stopped
# $ProcessFullPath is the full path and executable of the stopped process
# i.e. to re-run the process after an upgrade use: if ($ProcessWasRunning -eq "True") {&"$ProcessFullPath"}

function Start-CheckandStop($ProcessName){
$global:ProcessWasRunning="False"

if((Get-Process "$ProcessName" -ea SilentlyContinue) -eq $Null){ 
    Write-Host "$ProcessName currently NOT running." -foreground green
  }else{ 
    Write-Host "Stopping $ProcessName process..." -foreground yellow
	$global:ProcessWasRunning = "True"
	$global:ProcessFullPath = (Get-Process "$ProcessName").path
    Stop-Process -ProcessName "$ProcessName" -Force	
  }
}
extensions\Start-WaitandStop.ps1 
# Runs background job to kill $ProcessName within 5 minutes
function Start-WaitandStop($ProcessName){
$env:ProcessName = $ProcessName

Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
Start-Job -InitializationScript {Import-Module -Name "$env:ChocolateyInstall\extensions\chocolatey-misc-helpers\Start-WaitandStopActual.ps1"} -ScriptBlock {Start-WaitandStopActual} | Out-Null
Start-Sleep 10
Remove-Item Env:\ProcessName
}
extensions\Start-WaitandStopActual.ps1 
# Stops process $ProcessName anywhere up to 5 minutes from being called
function Start-WaitandStopActual{
$ProcessName = $env:ProcessName

$LoopMePlease=1
Do {
    Start-Sleep 5
    if((Get-Process "$ProcessName" -ea SilentlyContinue) -eq $Null){ 
      } else { 
        Stop-Process -ProcessName "$ProcessName" -Force
		break
       }	
    $LoopMePlease++
   }
Until ($LoopMePlease -gt 60)
}

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Version Downloads Last Updated Status
Chocolatey Misc Helpers Extension 0.0.4 66491 Tuesday, August 25, 2020 Approved
Chocolatey Misc Helpers Extension 0.0.3.1 137866 Saturday, January 12, 2019 Approved
Chocolatey Misc Helpers Extension 0.0.3 12001 Tuesday, December 4, 2018 Approved
Chocolatey Misc Helpers Extension 0.0.2 28327 Saturday, September 1, 2018 Approved
Chocolatey Misc Helpers Extension 0.0.1 9497 Thursday, June 21, 2018 Approved

CHANGE LOG:

  • 0.0.1 - initial release

This package has no dependencies.

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