In the first article, we saw how to install Chocolatey and used an already available package named "visualstudiocode".
In this article, we will see how to create a custom Chocolatey package using PowerShell.
Run the below command to create a new Chocolatey package:
The folder structure is as follows:
Update bob.nuspec file as shown below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2015/06/nuspec.xsd">
<metadata>
<id>bob</id>
<version>6.9.2</version>
<title>bob (Install)</title>
<authors>Me</authors>
<description>TestPack</description>
</metadata>
<files>
<!-- this section controls what actually gets packaged into the Chocolatey package -->
<file src="tools\**" target="tools" />
<!--Building from Linux? You may need this instead: <file src="tools/**" target="tools" />-->
</files>
</package>
Update **chocolateyinstall.ps1 **as shown below. Download the notepad.exe and copy the exe inside the tools folder.
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; # stop on all errors
$packageName= 'bob'
$toolsDir = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$url = ''
$url64 = ''
$fileLocation = Join-Path $toolsDir 'npp.6.9.2.Installer.exe'
$packageArgs = @{
packageName = $packageName
unzipLocation = $toolsDir
fileType = 'exe' #only one of these: exe, msi, msu
url = $url
url64bit = $url64
file = $fileLocation
softwareName = 'bob*'
checksum = ''
checksumType = 'md5'
checksum64 = ''
checksumType64= 'md5'
#MSI
silentArgs = "/qn /norestart /l*v `"$($env:TEMP)\$($packageName).$($env:chocolateyPackageVersion).MsiInstall.log`""
validExitCodes= @(0, 3010, 1641)
}
Install-ChocolateyInstallPackage @packageArgs # https://chocolatey.org/docs/helpers-install-chocolatey-install-package
Run the command choco pack to create a chocolatey package as shown:
Run the command choco install "nameofthepackage" to install the package.
