Power shell script which silently installs softwares - powershell

Question

# Source file location
$source1 ="https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/11.0/win32/enUS/Firefox%20Setup%2011.0.exe"
$source2 ="https://www.fosshub.com/Code-Blocks.html?dwl=codeblocks-20.03-setup.exe"
$source3 ="https://github.com/x64dbg/x64dbg/releases/download/snapshot/snapshot_2021-07-01_23-17.zip"
$source4 ="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.6/python-3.9.6-amd64.exe"
$source5 ="https://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/2.15.05/win64/nasm-2.15.05-installer-x64.exe"
# Destination to save the file
$destination1 = "C:\Users\cdac\Desktop\Shravan\Softwares\firefox.exe"
$destination2 = "C:\Users\cdac\Desktop\Shravan\Softwares\codeblocks.exe"
$destination3 = "C:\Users\cdac\Desktop\Shravan\softwares\xdbg.zip"
$destination4 = "C:\Users\cdac\Desktop\Shravan\softwares\python.exe"
$destination5 = "C:\Users\cdac\Desktop\Shravan\softwares\nasm.exe"
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $source1 -OutFile $destination1
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $source2 -OutFile $destination2
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $source3 -OutFile $destination3
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $source4 -OutFile $destination4
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $source5 -OutFile $destination5
#Installing one software
Start-Process -Wait -FilePath 'C:\Users\cdac\Desktop\Shravan\Softwares\codeblocks.exe' -ArgumentList '/silent' -PassThru
I have written Powershell script which downloads the software tools from the internet through URL and stored in a separate directory but iam not able to install all the softwares which are stored in a separate directory silently using foreach loop. kindly help me in writing script for installing all the softwares stored in a directory using foreach loop.
Thanking you

Answer 1

There isn't enough information to say exactly what's going wrong here - what error are you getting specifically? What behavior are you observing when you run your script? My first guess is that your foreach loop is running through installer names, not the full path like you posted in your example.
That said, if I understand what you're trying to do, here's a quick and dirty way to do what I think you're after;
# Array of installer details
[Hashtable[]]$Installers = #();
# Firefox
$Installers += #{
SoftwareName = "Firefox"
Url = "https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/11.0/win32/enUS/Firefox%20Setup%2011.0.exe"
Destination = "C:\Users\cdac\Desktop\Shravan\Softwares\firefox.exe"
Arguments = '/s'
}
#Code Blocks
$Installers += #{
SoftwareName = "CodeBlocks"
Url = "https://www.fosshub.com/Code-Blocks.html?dwl=codeblocks-20.03-setup.exe"
Destination = "C:\Users\cdac\Desktop\Shravan\Softwares\codeblocks.exe"
Arguments = '/silent'
}
function Install-Software([Hashtable]$installer) {
Write-Host "Installing $($installer.SoftwareName)"
Write-Host "Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $($installer.Url) -OutFile $($installer.Destination)"
Write-Host "Start-Process -FilePath $($installer.Destination) -ArgumentList $($installer.Arguments) -Wait"
# Remove Write Host above - uncomment the following lines:
#Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $installer.Url -OutFile $installer.Destination
#Start-Process -FilePath $installer.Destination -ArgumentList $installer.Arguments -Wait
}
foreach($installer in $Installers) {
Install-Software -installer $installer
}
I'd recommend having a look at the PSAppDeployToolkit if you're trying to package applications silently using PowerShell - this helped me a lot back when I was doing a lot of SCCM packaging.