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GnuWin32: Zip silent install & uninstall

Zip is a compression and file packaging/archive utility. Although \highly compatible both with PKWARE's PKZIP and PKUNZIP utilities for MS-DOS and with Info-ZIP's own UnZip, our primary objectives have been portability and other-than-MSDOS functionality.

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Commands for installing GnuWin32: Zip without prompts, removing it again and detecting it from deployment tools. A command is shown only when it is certain: from the manifest or the installer technology’s documented default.

Related guide: Silent install switches: MSI, NSIS, Inno Setup · Uninstall a program with the registry or PowerShell

With winget

PowerShell
winget install --id GnuWin32.Zip -e --silent --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements
winget upgrade --id GnuWin32.Zip -e --silent
winget uninstall --id GnuWin32.Zip -e --silent

By installer

32-bit · EXE (Inno Setup)

Silent installdownload /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-
Custom folderdownload /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP- /DIR="C:\Apps\gnuwin32-zip"

PowerShell: download, verify, install

Downloads the official file, checks its SHA256 and installs it silently.

install-gnuwin32-zip.ps1
$url = 'https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuwin32/files/zip/3.0/zip-3.0-setup.exe/download'
$sha256 = '4DCBDB79D06011B00E50F155A0852AC898857562DCE3EFBEC9745D457258996C'
$file = Join-Path $env:TEMP 'download'
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $file -UseBasicParsing
if ((Get-FileHash $file -Algorithm SHA256).Hash -ne $sha256) { throw 'SHA256 mismatch' }
Start-Process -FilePath $file -ArgumentList '/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-' -Wait

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