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Josef commented on
Build and install local Chocolatey packages with PowerShell 10 hours, 32 minutes ago
Ok, I found the source of your problem. You can’t use a path on the “install” argument. You need to specify either a path to a .nupkg or .nuspec file, which is now deprecated. Or you use the –source option
On my example, to install paint.net.portable from a local source, I just did:
choco install paint.net.portable –source “C:Usersmy_userDesktoplocal_chocopackagespaint.net.portable”So, I guess you will have to modify your script in order to make it work.
Since I only want to install a package, this is enough for me.
Best regards
Josef -
Michael Pietroforte commented on
Build and install local Chocolatey packages with PowerShell 11 hours, 15 minutes ago
Hard to debug this if it is not clear to which lines the error messages refer to.
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Josef commented on
Build and install local Chocolatey packages with PowerShell 11 hours, 18 minutes ago
But anyway, I ran this differently:
Install-LocalChocoPackage -PackageSource “C:Usersmy_userDesktoplocal_chocopaint.net.portable”Then I’m getting this:
Chocolatey v1.3.1
Installing the following packages:
C:Usersmy_userDesktoplocal_chocopaint.net.portablelegal
By installing, you accept licenses for the packages.Chocolatey installed 0/0 packages.
See the log for details (C:ProgramDatachocolateylogschocolatey.log).
Second path fragment must not be a drive or UNC name.
Parameter name: path2
WARNING: FAILED TO INSTALL
Install-LocalChocoPackage : Cannot bind parameter ‘ErrorRecord’. Cannot convert the “System.Management.Automation.ParseException: At line:5 char:2
+ + .install-local.ps1
+ ~
Missing expression after unary operator ‘+’.
At line:5 char:3
+ + .install-local.ps1
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unexpected token ‘.install-local.ps1’ in expression or statement.
At line:6 char:2
+ + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ ~
Missing expression after unary operator ‘+’.
At line:6 char:3
+ + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unexpected token ‘~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~’ in expression or statement.
At line:7 char:6
+ + CategoryInfo : SecurityError: (:) [], PSSecurityExcept …
+ ~
Missing expression after unary operator ‘+’.
At line:7 char:7
+ + CategoryInfo : SecurityError: (:) [], PSSecurityExcept …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unexpected token ‘CategoryInfo’ in expression or statement.
At line:8 char:6
+ + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess
+ ~
Missing expression after unary operator ‘+’.
At line:8 char:7
+ + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unexpected token ‘FullyQualifiedErrorId’ in expression or statement.
at System.Management.Automation.AutomationEngine.ParseScriptBlock(String script, String fileName, Boolean interactiveCommand)
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.Command.CreateCommandProcessor(ExecutionContext executionContext, CommandFactory commandFactory, Boolean addToHistory, CommandOrigin origin)
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalPipeline.CreatePipelineProcessor()
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalPipeline.InvokeHelper()
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalPipeline.InvokeThreadProc()” value of type “System.Management.Automation.ParseException” to type “System.Management.Automation.ErrorRecord”.
At C:Usersmy_userDesktoplocal_chocoinstall-local.ps1:56 char:1
+ Install-LocalChocoPackage -PackageSource “C:Usersmy_userDesktoploc …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Write-Error], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage,Install-LocalChocoPackage -
Michael Pietroforte commented on
Build and install local Chocolatey packages with PowerShell 11 hours, 19 minutes ago
I don’t think so.
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Josef commented on
Build and install local Chocolatey packages with PowerShell 11 hours, 23 minutes ago
I guess you have to count after the comments
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Michael Pietroforte commented on
Build and install local Chocolatey packages with PowerShell 12 hours, 13 minutes ago
I added the missing }. Thanks!
I wonder why your error occurred in line 5 because in the script of the article line 5 only contains a comment.
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Josef commented on
Build and install local Chocolatey packages with PowerShell 15 hours, 49 minutes ago
Sorry, I just saw that there is an example on the source comments. I will try it that way
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Josef commented on
Build and install local Chocolatey packages with PowerShell 15 hours, 51 minutes ago
Hi
First at all, you are missing a ‘}’ at the end. Secondly, how about an example on how to use this? I’m a newbie in PowerShell. I tried saving your script into a filed called: “install-local.ps1”.
Inside that file I put this at the end:
Install-LocalChocoPackage “C:Usersmy_userDesktoplocal_chocopaint.net.portable”I previously downloaded paint.net.portable from here:
https://github.com/SebastianK90/chocolateyautomaticpackages/tree/master/paint.net.portableThen I ran it as follows:
Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; .install-local.ps1But now, I’m getting the error at the bottom of this message.
How can I solve it?
Best regards
JosefChocolatey v1.3.1
Installing the following packages:
C:Usersmy_userDesktoplocal_chocopaint.net.portablelegal
By installing, you accept licenses for the packages.Chocolatey installed 0/0 packages.
See the log for details (C:ProgramDatachocolateylogschocolatey.log).
Second path fragment must not be a drive or UNC name.
Parameter name: path2
WARNING: FAILED TO INSTALL
Write-Error : Cannot bind parameter ‘ErrorRecord’. Cannot convert the “System.Management.Automation.ParseException: At line:5 char:2
+ + .install-local.ps1
+ ~
Missing expression after unary operator ‘+’.
At line:5 char:3
+ + .install-local.ps1
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unexpected token ‘.install-local.ps1’ in expression or statement.
At line:6 char:2
+ + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ ~
Missing expression after unary operator ‘+’.
At line:6 char:3
+ + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unexpected token ‘~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~’ in expression or statement.
At line:7 char:6
+ + CategoryInfo : SecurityError: (:) [], PSSecurityExcept …
+ ~
Missing expression after unary operator ‘+’.
At line:7 char:7
+ + CategoryInfo : SecurityError: (:) [], PSSecurityExcept …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unexpected token ‘CategoryInfo’ in expression or statement.
At line:8 char:6
+ + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess
+ ~
Missing expression after unary operator ‘+’.
At line:8 char:7
+ + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unexpected token ‘FullyQualifiedErrorId’ in expression or statement.
at System.Management.Automation.AutomationEngine.ParseScriptBlock(String script, String fileName, Boolean interactiveCommand)
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.Command.CreateCommandProcessor(ExecutionContext executionContext, CommandFactory commandFactory, Boolean addToHistory, CommandOrigin origin)
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalPipeline.CreatePipelineProcessor()
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalPipeline.InvokeHelper()
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalPipeline.InvokeThreadProc()” value of type “System.Management.Automation.ParseException” to type “System.Management.Automation.ErrorRecord”.
At C:Usersmy_userDesktoplocal_chocoinstall-local.ps1:49 char:38
+ Write-Error -ErrorRecord $Error[0]
+ ~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Write-Error], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorCommand -
Surender Kumar liked the comment of Michael Pietroforte (Rank 4) on IPv6 tutorial – Part 4: IPv6 address syntax. (So far, Michael Pietroforte (Rank 4) has 2 likes for this comment) 18 hours, 26 minutes ago
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Michael Pietroforte commented on IPv6 tutorial – Part 4: IPv6 address syntax 19 hours, 4 minutes ago
Same thing. The zeros have been omitted two times.
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Please notice that the second line, there are two instances of triple columns. So, what do they mean?
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Michael Pietroforte commented on IPv6 tutorial – Part 4: IPv6 address syntax 19 hours, 28 minutes ago
In IPv6, the double colon notation “::” is used to represent a series of consecutive blocks of zeros (i.e., all zeros in a row) within an IPv6 address. IPv6 addresses can also start with a 0.
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