Commands for installing transmission-cli 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
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64-bit · MSI
Silent install
msiexec /i transmission-4.1.3-x64.msi /qn /norestartWrite a log
msiexec /i transmission-4.1.3-x64.msi /qn /norestart /l*v "%TEMP%\transmission-cli-install.log"32-bit · MSI
Silent install
msiexec /i transmission-4.1.3-x86.msi /qn /norestartWrite a log
msiexec /i transmission-4.1.3-x86.msi /qn /norestart /l*v "%TEMP%\transmission-cli-install.log"PowerShell: download, verify, install
Downloads the official file, checks its SHA256 and installs it silently.
install-transmission-cli.ps1
$url = 'https://github.com/transmission/transmission/releases/download/4.1.3/transmission-4.1.3-x64.msi'
$sha256 = 'C8EA492D8F46FADAC26E0C05B244CABBA556201D5FE348DFCF1CF036621741F8'
$file = Join-Path $env:TEMP 'transmission-4.1.3-x64.msi'
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $file -UseBasicParsing
if ((Get-FileHash $file -Algorithm SHA256).Hash -ne $sha256) { throw 'SHA256 mismatch' }
Start-Process msiexec.exe -ArgumentList '/i', ('"{0}"' -f $file), '/qn', '/norestart' -Wait install-transmission-cli.ps1
$url = 'https://github.com/transmission/transmission/releases/download/4.1.3/transmission-4.1.3-x86.msi'
$sha256 = '74485B7B5D494CF98549E9165FD8F64A8640F2990AEEE5EDB43FAE529DC0EC29'
$file = Join-Path $env:TEMP 'transmission-4.1.3-x86.msi'
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $file -UseBasicParsing
if ((Get-FileHash $file -Algorithm SHA256).Hash -ne $sha256) { throw 'SHA256 mismatch' }
Start-Process msiexec.exe -ArgumentList '/i', ('"{0}"' -f $file), '/qn', '/norestart' -Wait 
