Feedback for AutoRest installer

[fearthecowboy]

PREVIEW AVAILABLE : Installer EXE for AutoRest now online

You can test out the PREVIEW AutoRest installer from : https://github.com/Azure/autorest/releases/download/dotnet-runtime-1.0.3/AutoInstaller.exe

Note:
The Installer is a work-in-progress -- it has been tested for the happy path, some functionality isn't yet implemented:

• Remove/Uninstall - not yet implemented
• Upgrade - minimally tested
• About and Project buttons - not yet implemented
• not yet codesiged
• no silent/unattended mode yet

[fearthecowboy]

[CJHarmath]

Where does it log ?
It failed to install and now can't remove / upgrade.

[fearthecowboy]

It's just automating the manual steps -- go to an elevated command line and type:

# if this doesn't work, it didn't install autorest at all.
autorest --reset 

# if this doesn't work it doesn't look like it even installed node.js
npm uninstall -g autorest


# to upgrade to the latest package:
npm install -g autorest

# to reset autorest to the latest binaries
autorest --reset

[CJHarmath]

Thanks I've figured that part, just wanted to let you know and see if I can share some logs to help solving the installer issue

[rlarno]

Tried the installer, failed.
Ran the above statements to uninstall and install.
Output of running autorest -- reset

AutoRest Code Generator
(c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. https://aka.ms/autorest
Downloading https://github.com/Azure/autorest/releases/download/dotnet-runtime-1.0.5/dotnet-win7-x64.1.0.5.zip
to C:\Users\RudiLarno.autorest\frameworks
Unable to find asset for version '1.0.1-20170609-2300-nightly'

[ericstj]

Installer is unsigned and requires elevation. Stopped at that point.

[fearthecowboy]

@ericstj

Good point. -- Install node separately and use npm to install. I have some fixes I have to do before I can go back and finish the installer.

[fearthecowboy]

canning the installer UI entirely.