PSInstaller Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Management.Automation

Assembly:

System.Management.Automation.dll

Package:

Microsoft.PowerShell.5.1.ReferenceAssemblies v1.0.0

PSInstaller is a class for facilitating installation of monad engine and monad PSSnapin's.

This class implements installer api from CLR. At install time, installation utilities (like InstallUtil.exe) will call api implementation functions in this class automatically. This includes functions like Install, Uninstall, Rollback and Commit.

This class is an abstract class for handling installation needs that are common for all monad components, which include,

1. accessing system registry
2. support of additional command line parameters. 
3. writing registry files
4. automatically extract informaton like vender, version, etc.

Different monad component will derive from this class. Two common components that need install include,

1. PSSnapin. Installation of PSSnapin will require information 
   about PSSnapin assembly, version, vendor, etc to be 
   written to registry.

2. Engine. Installation of monad engine will require information
   about engine assembly, version, CLR information to be
   written to registry.

public ref class PSInstaller abstract : System::Configuration::Install::Installer

public abstract class PSInstaller : System.Configuration.Install.Installer

type PSInstaller = class
    inherit Installer

Public MustInherit Class PSInstaller
Inherits Installer

Inheritance

Installer

PSInstaller

Derived

Microsoft.PowerShell.EngineInstaller

System.Management.Automation.PSSnapInInstaller

Remarks

This is an abstract class to be derived by monad engine and PSSnapin installers only. Developer should not directly derive from this class.

Constructors

PSInstaller()

Methods

Install(IDictionary)
Rollback(IDictionary)	Rollback this msh component
Uninstall(IDictionary)	Uninstall this msh component