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Downloads:

20,237,365

Downloads of v 4.6.0.0:

22,017

Last Update:

17 Mar 2018

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Microsoft

Tags:

microsoft .net framework dotnet desktop clr redistributable runtime admin

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6

This is not the latest version of Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 available.

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4.6.0.0 | Updated: 17 Mar 2018

Downloads:

20,237,365

Downloads of v 4.6.0.0:

22,017

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Microsoft

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 4.6.0.0

This is not the latest version of Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 available.

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This Package Contains an Exempted Check

Not All Tests Have Passed


Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Exemption:

Dependency requires reboot

Details

Scan Testing Successful:

No detections found in any package files

Details
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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

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

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

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


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • 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://community.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. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade dotnetfx -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'4.6.0.0'" [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 dotnetfx -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'4.6.0.0'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

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

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install dotnetfx
  win_chocolatey:
    name: dotnetfx
    version: '4.6.0.0'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

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


chocolatey_package 'dotnetfx' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '4.6.0.0'
end

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


cChocoPackageInstaller dotnetfx
{
    Name     = "dotnetfx"
    Version  = "4.6.0.0"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

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


package { 'dotnetfx':
  ensure   => '4.6.0.0',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

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


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

Package Approved

This package was approved by moderator gep13 on 19 Mar 2018.

Description

The .NET Framework is a development platform for building apps for web, Windows, Windows Phone, Windows Server, and Microsoft Azure. It consists of the common language runtime (CLR) and the .NET Framework class library, which includes a broad range of functionality and support for many industry standards.

The .NET Framework provides many services, including memory management, type and memory safety, security, networking, and application deployment. It provides easy-to-use data structures and APIs that abstract the lower-level Windows operating system. You can use a variety of programming languages with the .NET Framework, including C#, F#, and Visual Basic.

The Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 is a highly compatible, in-place update to the Microsoft .NET Framework 4, 4.5, 4.5.1 and 4.5.2.
You can see the full set of changes in the .NET Framework 4.6 in the what's new list, change list and API diff on GitHub.

The matching Targeting Pack can be installed using this package.


tools\ChocolateyInstall.ps1
. (Join-Path -Path (Split-Path -Parent -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition) -ChildPath 'helpers.ps1')

$packageName = 'dotnetfx'
$release = 393295
$version = '4.6'
$productNameWithVersion = "Microsoft .NET Framework $version"
$url = 'https://download.microsoft.com/download/C/3/A/C3A5200B-D33C-47E9-9D70-2F7C65DAAD94/NDP46-KB3045557-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe'
$checksum = 'B21D33135E67E3486B154B11F7961D8E1CFD7A603267FB60FEBB4A6FEAB5CF87'
$checksumType = 'sha256'

if (Test-Installed -Release $release) {
    Write-Host "$productNameWithVersion or later is already installed."
    return
}

$originalFileName = Split-Path -Leaf -Path ([uri]$url).LocalPath
$downloadFilePath = Get-DefaultChocolateyLocalFilePath -OriginalFileName $originalFileName
$downloadArguments = @{
    packageName = $packageName
    fileFullPath = $downloadFilePath
    url = $url
    checksum = $checksum
    checksumType = $checksumType
    url64 = $url
    checksum64 = $checksum
    checksumType64 = $checksumType
}

$filePath = Get-ChocolateyWebFile @downloadArguments

$safeLogPath = Get-SafeLogPath
$installerExeArguments = @{
    packageName = $packageName
    file = $downloadFilePath
    silentArgs = ('/Quiet /NoRestart /Log "{0}\{1}_{2}_{3:yyyyMMddHHmmss}.log"' -f $safeLogPath, $packageName, $version, (Get-Date))
    validExitCodes = @(
        0, # success
        3010 # success, restart required
    )
}

Invoke-CommandWithTempPath -TempPath $safeLogPath -ScriptBlock { Install-ChocolateyInstallPackage @installerExeArguments }

if ($Env:ChocolateyExitCode -eq '3010')
{
    Write-Warning "A restart is required to finalize $productNameWithVersion installation."
}
else
{
    if ($Env:ChocolateyExitCode -eq $null)
    { 
        Write-Host "A restart may be required to finalize $productNameWithVersion installation."
    }
}
tools\helpers.ps1
$scriptDirectory = Split-Path -Parent -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition

function Get-SafeLogPath
{
    $logPath = $Env:TEMP
    if ($logPath -like '\\*')
    {
        # .NET installer does not like logging to a network share (https://github.com/jberezanski/ChocolateyPackages/issues/15)
        $candidates = @("$Env:LOCALAPPDATA\Temp\chocolatey", "$Env:LOCALAPPDATA\Temp", "$Env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey", "$Env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\Temp", "$Env:SystemRoot\TEMP", $scriptDirectory)
        foreach ($candidate in $candidates)
        {
            if ((Test-Path -Path $candidate) -and $candidate -notlike '\\*')
            {
                Write-Verbose "Using '$candidate' as log path because `$Env:TEMP points to a network share, which may cause the installation to fail"
                $logPath = $candidate
                break
            }
        }
    }

    return $logPath
}

function Test-Installed($Release)
{
    $props = Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full' -Name Release -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    return $props -ne $null -and $props.Release -ge $Release
}

function Get-DefaultChocolateyLocalFilePath
{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string] $OriginalFileName
    )

    # adapted from Install-ChocolateyPackage 0.10.8
    $chocTempDir = $env:TEMP
    $tempDir = Join-Path $chocTempDir "$($env:chocolateyPackageName)"
    if ($env:chocolateyPackageVersion -ne $null) { $tempDir = Join-Path $tempDir "$($env:chocolateyPackageVersion)"; }
    $tempDir = $tempDir -replace '\\chocolatey\\chocolatey\\', '\chocolatey\'
    if (![System.IO.Directory]::Exists($tempDir)) { [System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($tempDir) | Out-Null }
    $downloadFilePath = Join-Path $tempDir $OriginalFileName
    Write-Debug "Local file path: $downloadFilePath"
    return $downloadFilePath
}

function Invoke-CommandWithTempPath
{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string] $TempPath,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [scriptblock] $ScriptBlock
    )

    $oldTemp = $Env:TEMP
    if ($Env:TEMP -ne $TempPath)
    {
        Write-Debug "Changing `$Env:TEMP from '$oldTemp' to '$TempPath'"
        $Env:TEMP = $TempPath
    }

    try
    {
        & $ScriptBlock
    }
    finally
    {
        if ($Env:TEMP -ne $oldTemp)
        {
            Write-Debug "Changing `$Env:TEMP back to '$oldTemp'"
            $Env:TEMP = $oldTemp
        }
    }
}

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