Dokany silent install possible (Chocolatey)?

[RiseT]

Basic Info

I'm using Windows / macOS / Linux / … in version: Win 10

I'm running Cryptomator in version: 1.4

Description

It seems like Dokany currently bypasses the silent install args during installation which leads to failed automated testing of the Chocolatey package:

https://chocolatey.org/packages/cryptomator/1.4.0 (Note the failed automated testing and the comment by the package maintainer in the comment section)

Is there something that can be done about this on your side?

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[overheadhunter]

I don't know chocolatey in detail, but does it support dependencies? If so, the Cryptomator package could simply add a dependency to Dokany. If Dokany is already installed, the Cryptomator installer will not invoke any sub-installer.

[RiseT]

I'm no chocolatey expert either, but I do know for a fact that it does support dependencies.

[overheadhunter]

Then this should be the easiest and most reliable solution. 🙂

Edit: Also it allows chocolatey users to uninstall Dokany the same way it got onto the system. Therefore I consider it more transparent than any implicitly invoked sub-installer.

[RiseT]

Thanks! So I'm closing this for the time being. I've pointed the package maintainer to this thread.

[RiseT]

@overheadhunter The dependency been implemented into the chocolatey package now.

I wonder, though, what the difference between

• DokanSetup_redist.exe (much larger file size) and
• Dokan_x64.msi is.

For both there are choco packages available:

• https://chocolatey.org/packages/dokany-redistributable
• https://chocolatey.org/packages/dokany

And which one is more appropriate regarding a dependeny for Cryptomator?

[overheadhunter]

The msi package only installs Dokan itself, while the redist installer also includes Visual C++ Redistributable for both, x86 and x64.

Since we're already using Chocolatey for dependency management, I'd suggest to use the smaller msi package.

Btw I think the Dokany package should update its dependencies, too:

• I think <dependency id="dotnet4.0" /> can be removed (see dokan-dev/dokany#710)
• <dependency id="vcredist2015" /> should be updated to vcredist2017

@Liryna is this assumption correct?

[Liryna]

Hi @overheadhunter ,

You are exactly right. The installer no longer needs dotnet and vcredist used is 2017 👍

[bcurran3]

Hi @Liryna,

I've updated the Chocolatey package for the next release. I've removed the dotnet4.0 dependency and changed the vcredist2015 dependency to vcredist2017.

Is kb2999226 still required?

[Liryna]

kb2999226 is still required unfortunately yes. We tried to remove it when moving for vc2017 but found out that still needed for vc2017 install 😢 https://github.com/dokan-dev/dokany/issues/628

[bcurran3]

Thanks for the verification. I'll keep it in.

[Hariama]

Hi all,

@RiseT: Thank you for notifying me for the update, and for working out with @overheadhunter that adding the dependency was the right move. As the .msi file is much smaller, I'll keep the dependency as-is right now. Sorry that it took so long to update, I tried to make it work within the automated verification process, but with the dokany-dependency this was no longer possible.

[bcurran3]

...but with the dokany-dependency this was no longer possible.

Actually because of the kb2999226 dependency. :)