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Last Update:
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Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Graham Nelson et al
Tags:
inform7 interactive fiction parser generator- Software Specific:
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10.1.2 | Updated: 05 May 2025
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Downloads of v 10.1.2:
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Maintainer(s):
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Inform 10.1.2
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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall
To install Inform, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade Inform, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall Inform, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
Deployment Method:
This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url
(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)
2. Setup Your Environment
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment
Option 1: Cached Package (Unreliable, Requires Internet - Same As Community)-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
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Open Source
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Download the package:
Download - Follow manual internalization instructions
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Package Internalizer (C4B)
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Run: (additional options)
choco download inform7 --internalize --source=https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/ -
For package and dependencies run:
choco push --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" - Automate package internalization
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Run: (additional options)
3. Copy Your Script
choco upgrade inform7 -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade inform7 -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Install inform7
win_chocolatey:
name: inform7
version: '10.1.2'
source: INTERNAL REPO URL
state: present
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
chocolatey_package 'inform7' do
action :install
source 'INTERNAL REPO URL'
version '10.1.2'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
cChocoPackageInstaller inform7
{
Name = "inform7"
Version = "10.1.2"
Source = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'inform7':
ensure => '10.1.2',
provider => 'chocolatey',
source => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
This package was approved by moderator Pauby on 06 May 2025.
Inform is a programming language for creating interactive fiction, using natural
language syntax. Using natural language and drawing on ideas from linguistics and from
literate programming, Inform is widely used as a medium for literary writing, as a prototyping
tool in the games industry, and in education, both at school and university level (where
Inform is often assigned material for courses on digital narrative). It has several times
ranked in the top 100 most influential programming languages according to the TIOBE index.
Created in April 2006, it was open-sourced in April 2022.
This Chocolatey package includes additional features to improve usability, especially in
automated builds and continuous integration/continuous deployment projects.
- Command-Line access: Automatically creates shims for the Inform compiler tools
(inform7.exe, inform6.exe, inblorb.exe, and intest.exe), as well as the Inform IDE
(inform.exe), allowing you to run them from any command prompt.
- Environment variables: Sets INFORM7_HOME pointing to the Inform installation directory
and INFORM7_INTERNAL pointing to the Internal directory, making it easier to integrate with
other tools and scripts.
- Customizable Installation Location: You can specify a custom installation directory
using
package parameters:
choco install inform7 --params "/InstallLocation:C:\your\install\path"
Paths with spaces are fully supported:
choco install inform7 --params "/InstallLocation:C:\Program Files\Inform7"
- Windows front end: The package also installs the Windows front end, Inform for Windows,
written by David Kinder. This is a simple GUI front end that makes it easier to work with
Inform projects on Windows. This can be run via selecting the Inform application from the
Start menu, or by running inform.exe from the command line.
# Inform 7 Uninstallation Script
#
# This script performs the following operations:
# 1. Detects the Inform 7 installation from the Windows registry
# 2. Runs the application's uninstaller with silent parameters
# 3. Cleans up environment variables created during installation
# 4. Cleans up any manual shims created during installation
# 5. Allows Chocolatey to automatically handle shim removal
# 6. Performs final cleanup operations
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$toolsDir = "$(Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
# Import shared configuration
. (Join-Path $toolsDir "inform7-config.ps1")
# Locate the application's uninstaller through registry entries
$softwareName = 'Inform *'
$validExitCodes = @(0, 3010, 1605, 1614, 1641)
[array]$key = Get-UninstallRegistryKey -SoftwareName $softwareName
# Run the application's uninstaller if found, with appropriate error handling
if ($key.Count -eq 1) {
$key | ForEach-Object {
$packageArgs = @{
packageName = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
softwareName = $softwareName
fileType = 'EXE'
silentArgs = '/S'
validExitCodes = $validExitCodes
file = "$($_.UninstallString)"
}
Write-Host "Running Inform 7 uninstaller..."
Uninstall-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs
}
} elseif ($key.Count -eq 0) {
Write-Warning "Inform 7 not found in the registry. The application may have been uninstalled already."
} elseif ($key.Count -gt 1) {
Write-Warning "Multiple instances of Inform 7 found in the registry. Please uninstall manually."
Write-Warning "To prevent accidental data loss, no automatic uninstallation will be performed."
}
# Clean up any manual shims created with Install-BinFile
Write-Host "Removing manual shims..."
# Get the base names of all shimmed files from the configuration
$binFilesToRemove = Get-Inform7ShimBaseNames
foreach ($binFile in $binFilesToRemove) {
try {
Uninstall-BinFile -Name $binFile
Write-Host "Removed manual shim for $binFile"
} catch {
$errorMessage = $_.Exception.Message
Write-Warning "Could not remove manual shim for $binFile. Error: $errorMessage"
}
}
# Let Chocolatey handle shim removal automatically
Write-Host "Chocolatey will automatically remove shims during uninstallation..."
# Clean up environment variables created during installation
Write-Host "Removing Inform 7 environment variables..."
try {
Uninstall-ChocolateyEnvironmentVariable -VariableName "INFORM7_HOME" -VariableType 'Machine'
Write-Host "Environment variable INFORM7_HOME removed"
Uninstall-ChocolateyEnvironmentVariable -VariableName "INFORM7_INTERNAL" -VariableType 'Machine'
Write-Host "Environment variable INFORM7_INTERNAL removed"
} catch {
Write-Warning "Failed to remove environment variables. This may occur if the script is not running with administrative privileges."
}
# Perform final cleanup operations
Write-Host "Cleaning up any remaining files..."
Write-Host "Uninstallation complete."
Write-Output "Inform 7 has been successfully uninstalled."# Shared configuration for Inform 7 Chocolatey package
# This file defines the common values used across install and uninstall scripts
# Files to create shims for (both paths relative to installation root)
$script:Inform7ShimFiles = @{
# Format: Key = relative path to executable, Value = whether it's a GUI app
"Inform.exe" = $true # GUI app in root directory
"Compilers\inform6.exe" = $false
"Compilers\inform7.exe" = $false
"Compilers\inblorb.exe" = $false
"Compilers\intest.exe" = $false
}
# Function to get just the base names of files (for easier use with Install-BinFile)
function Get-Inform7ShimBaseNames {
$Inform7ShimFiles.Keys | ForEach-Object {
[System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($_)
}
} Log in or click on link to see number of positives.
- Inform_10_1_2_Windows.zip (4dc80a37cf9d) - ## / 61
- inform7.10.1.2.nupkg (9e3e8caa864a) - ## / 66
In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).
Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
Graham Nelson 2006-2022. Windows front end by David Kinder.
This package has no dependencies.
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