How to prevent the "choco install" command to not copy the MSI file to temp.

[abhishekm1359]

I have created a choco package and trying to install for a local machine. I do not want to copy the MSI for temp location of the chocolatey since it is large in size. I want install to be fast. Is there are way to not copy the file to temp. and use the local path.

i am using the below command to install the nupkg file by passing MSI file path as argument.
choco install MSIDemo --version 10.0.1 --package-parameters="'/filelocation:D:\CHOCO\MSIDemo.msi'"
-s . -y --force

Thanks in advance

[AdmiringWorm]

From the sounds of it, and since I assume this is a custom package that you have control over.

It sounds like you are using the cmdlet Install-ChocolateyPackage inside of the chocolateyInstall script.
This script is intended to be used when needing to download a remote file from the web, and will always download it to a temporary location, which it will also do if you specify a path on the local file system.

Instead of using Install-ChocolateyPackage for local files, you should instead make use of the cmdlet Install-ChocolateyInstallPackage which is intended to be used for local executables.
This won't download or copy anything to the temp directory, but rather run the passed in file (or file64) directly instead.

[abhishekm1359]

Thanks so much for the replay, It worked.

[abhishekm1359]

In chocolateyinstall.ps1 replace the Install-ChocolateyPackage with Install-ChocolateyInstallPackage. For more info read replay of @AdmiringWorm and see the link for more info use this link (https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/create/functions/install-chocolateyinstallpackage/)