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Downloads:
9,162
Downloads of v 1.5.1344:
135
Last Update:
21 Jul 2020
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Informer Technologies
- Inc
Tags:
freeware software updater notifier crowd admin- Software Specific:
- Software Site
- Software License
- Software Docs
- Package Specific:
- Package Source
- Package outdated?
- Package broken?
- Contact Maintainers
- Contact Site Admins
- Software Vendor?
- Report Abuse
- Download

Software Informer
- Software Specific:
- Software Site
- Software License
- Software Docs
- Package Specific:
- Package Source
- Package outdated?
- Package broken?
- Contact Maintainers
- Contact Site Admins
- Software Vendor?
- Report Abuse
- Download
Downloads:
9,162
Downloads of v 1.5.1344:
135
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Informer Technologies
- Inc
Edit Package
To edit the metadata for a package, please upload an updated version of the package.
Chocolatey's Community Package Repository currently does not allow updating package metadata on the website. This helps ensure that the package itself (and the source used to build the package) remains the one true source of package metadata.
This does require that you increment the package version.
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To install Software Informer, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade Software Informer, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall Software Informer, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
NOTE: This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment-
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
-
Open Source
- Download the Package Download
- Follow manual internalization instructions
-
Package Internalizer (C4B)
- Run
choco download softwareinformer --internalize --source=https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2
(additional options) - Run
choco push --source="'http://internal/odata/repo'"
for package and dependencies - Automate package internalization
- Run
3. Enter your internal repository url
(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2)
4. Choose your deployment method:
choco upgrade softwareinformer -y --source="'STEP 3 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 softwareinformer -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Ensure softwareinformer installed
win_chocolatey:
name: softwareinformer
state: present
version: 1.5.1344
source: STEP 3 URL
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
chocolatey_package 'softwareinformer' do
action :install
version '1.5.1344'
source 'STEP 3 URL'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
Chocolatey::Ensure-Package
(
Name: softwareinformer,
Version: 1.5.1344,
Source: STEP 3 URL
);
Requires Otter Chocolatey Extension. See docs at https://inedo.com/den/otter/chocolatey.
cChocoPackageInstaller softwareinformer
{
Name = 'softwareinformer'
Ensure = 'Present'
Version = '1.5.1344'
Source = 'STEP 3 URL'
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'softwareinformer':
provider => 'chocolatey',
ensure => '1.5.1344',
source => 'STEP 3 URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
salt '*' chocolatey.install softwareinformer version="1.5.1344" source="STEP 3 URL"
See docs at https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.chocolatey.html.
5. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
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This package was approved by moderator mwallner on 22 Jul 2020.
Software Informer Client (siClient) is a lightweight utility that creates a list of all of your installed programs and their versions, then compares each item on that list against Software Informer’s database automatically on a daily basis to identify newer versions of programs, and informs you about any available updates. Please see the privacy policy for what information is shared.
Features
- Detects your installed software automatically and displays available up-to-date info about your programs.
- Keeps your software and hardware drivers up to date.
- Suggests other programs that you may find interesting.
- Learn new things and share your knowledge on program pages, or by commenting on articles and reviews from within the program.
Documentation
Community
$packageName = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
$installerType = 'exe'
$silentArgs = '/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-'
$url = 'https://files.informer.com/siinst.exe'
$checksum = 'e545505c69cee250c86e9449411f3c744a4fad1551f17e3ab1ea39eb7990f7dc'
$checksumType = 'sha256'
$validExitCodes = @(0)
Install-ChocolateyPackage -PackageName "$packageName" `
-FileType "$installerType" `
-SilentArgs "$silentArgs" `
-Url "$url" `
-ValidExitCodes $validExitCodes `
-Checksum "$checksum" `
-ChecksumType "$checksumType"
#NoEnv
SendMode Input
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%
SetTitleMatchMode, 1 ;begins
DetectHiddenText, off
DetectHiddenWindows, off
winTitle = Software Informer -
WinWait, %winTitle%, , 180
WinActivate
CheckAddressBar()
CheckAddressBar()
{
KeyWait Control
KeyWait Shift
BackupClipbrd := Clipboard
Sleep 50
Send !d ;Select the url
Sleep 150
Send ^c ;Copy the url
ClipWait 0.1
If ERRORLEVEL
{
Clipboard := BackupClipbrd
Return
}
If Clipboard Contains uninstalled
Send, ^w
Clipboard := BackupClipbrd
}
ExitApp
$packageName = '{{PackageName}}'
$packageSearch = "Software Informer"
$installerType = 'exe'
$silentArgs = '/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-'
$validExitCodes = @(0)
Get-ItemProperty -Path @( 'HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*',
'HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*',
'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*' ) `
-ErrorAction:SilentlyContinue `
| Where-Object { $_.DisplayName -like "$packageSearch*" } `
| ForEach-Object { Uninstall-ChocolateyPackage -PackageName "$packageName" `
-FileType "$installerType" `
-SilentArgs "$($silentArgs)" `
-File "$($_.UninstallString.Replace('"',''))" `
-ValidExitCodes $validExitCodes }
Log in or click on link to see number of positives.
- softwareinformer.1.5.1344.nupkg (5ea1d0805ce3) - ## / 62
- siinst.exe (e545505c69ce) - ## / 72
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.
Version | Downloads | Last Updated | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Software Informer 1.5.1344 | 135 | Tuesday, July 21, 2020 | Approved |
Software Informer 1.5.1321 | 921 | Tuesday, May 10, 2016 | Approved |
Software Informer 1.5.1315 | 328 | Monday, March 21, 2016 | Approved |
Software Informer 1.4.1213 | 466 | Monday, December 1, 2014 | Approved |
Software Informer 1.4.1196 | 329 | Monday, November 17, 2014 | Approved |
Software Informer 1.4.1152 | 347 | Friday, November 7, 2014 | Approved |
Software Informer 1.4.1141 | 418 | Tuesday, October 7, 2014 | Unknown |
Software Informer 1.4.1136 | 366 | Thursday, September 25, 2014 | Unknown |
Software Informer 1.3.1107 | 362 | Monday, September 15, 2014 | Unknown |
Software Informer 1.3.1092 | 411 | Saturday, July 5, 2014 | Unknown |
Software Informer 1.3.1078 | 370 | Thursday, May 15, 2014 | Unknown |
Software Informer 1.3.1076 | 370 | Wednesday, May 7, 2014 | Unknown |
Software Informer 1.3.1068 | 373 | Monday, May 5, 2014 | Unknown |
Software Informer 1.3.1061 | 411 | Wednesday, March 19, 2014 | Unknown |
Software Informer 1.3.1060 | 398 | Thursday, February 27, 2014 | Unknown |
Software Informer 1.3.1031 | 360 | Wednesday, February 19, 2014 | Unknown |
Software Informer 1.3.1017 | 388 | Sunday, January 19, 2014 | Unknown |
Software Informer 1.2.918 | 386 | Saturday, December 28, 2013 | Unknown |
Software Informer 1.2.909 | 380 | Wednesday, October 9, 2013 | Unknown |
Software Informer 1.2.880 | 335 | Tuesday, September 24, 2013 | Unknown |
Software Informer 1.2.878 | 395 | Friday, September 20, 2013 | Unknown |
Software Informer 1.2.877 | 377 | Sunday, August 25, 2013 | Unknown |
Software Informer 1.2.851 | 398 | Thursday, August 1, 2013 | Unknown |
Informer Technologies, Inc
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