I am trying to use Chef to install a few programs for development purposes such as Visual Code, TextPad and a handful of others.
I am having a problem determining the installer type and options to make it install silently. For example, I can use the /VERYSILENT option with Visual Code and it will install unattended, but then it will start the editor. Another example is TextPad using InstallShield, but it seems to be wrapped in a Windows msiexec executable that doesn't pass the installer commands along...
In general, this seems incredibly painful and I am wondering:
1: has someone built a resource to install these specific packages? 2: am I making this more difficult than it should be? It's seeming VERY obscure and unpredictable. direction/insight are very much appreciated.
