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I am trying to automate the installation of gstreamer on windows using powershell

I have the msi file downloaded, and am installing it as shown below

PS C:\Users\Administrator> $path = "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\gstreamer-1.0-devel-mingw-x86_64-1.18.0.msi";
PS C:\Users\Administrator> Start-Process -Wait -FilePath $path -Argument "/qn"

However, this does not get me the complete installation, because it is only selecting the default arguments from the installer.

I need to specify for it to perform the complete installation, how can I modify my arguments? So that it selects "complete" installation and not "typical" like it does by default

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Moiz Ahmed
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    The args are an array: `Start -Wait $path /qb,ALLUSERS=1,INSTALLDIR=C:\DIR` Passing double quotes is another story. – js2010 Sep 11 '20 at 05:02
  • I am trying to figure out what arguments to use for it to trigger the "Complete" install For example I've tried Complete=1 but it doesn't have any effect – Moiz Ahmed Sep 11 '20 at 15:41
  • Like this? `Start-Process -Wait -FilePath $path -Argument "/qn","Complete=1"` – js2010 Sep 11 '20 at 16:35
  • This might work too `Start-Process -Wait -FilePath $path -Argument "/qn Complete=1"` – js2010 Sep 11 '20 at 16:56

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These should work:

Start-Process -Wait -FilePath $path -Argument "/qn","Complete=1"

Start-Process -Wait -FilePath $path -Argument "/qn Complete=1"
js2010
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I had the same problem, so I ran the Installer from power shell with and without the /qn argument and logged the process into two different files. Finally, I compared the result and I was able to find that for installing process using the UI it adds a property called INSTALLLEVEL, which is set to 1000 (don't know why this value yet). So, by adding the argument INSTALLLEVEL=1000 it installs the complete version.

Start-Process -Wait -FilePath gstreamer-1.0-mingw-x86_64-1.20.2.msi -Argument "/qn INSTALLLEVEL=1000"
Ángel Verdú
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I had tried below but it did not work

Start-Process -Wait -FilePath $path -Argument "/qn","Complete=1"

Start-Process -Wait -FilePath $path -Argument "/qn Complete=1"

While this is working fine for me.

Start-Process -Wait -FilePath gstreamer-1.0-mingw-x86_64-1.20.2.msi -Argument "/qn INSTALLLEVEL=1000"
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Sunil Kantesaria
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