WinSoft-Main - Windows AutoBuild Silent Package Software

WinSoft is the acronym for Windows Software. WinSoft-Main helps you create packages (Zip archives with a built-in silent installer) of the latest versions of many standard Windows software. A better name could be Windows AutoBuild Silent Package Software. The main repository contains the most common software packages, and you can (and should) associate it with a conf repository containing the configuration related to your site. This is only useful for certain packages.

The master Git repository in on the GRICAD Gitlab. Other Git repository are mirror or fork.

Package structure

Each folder (except the common folder) contains a piece of software (or a coherent set of software) that is useful to users. In each folder there is a Makefile which will build the OCS Inventory package which is just a Zip archive. Inside this archive, the DOS script install.bat starts the installation process, or uninstallation if it is an obsolete software package with uninstall in its name. There are sometimes pre-install.ps1 and post-install.ps1 scripts written in PowerShell.

With a little work, it would be quite easy to transform these Zip archives into WAPT, or PDQ Deploy packages.

make
make ocs

You just have to put this Zip package on your server. The command to run for the installation is always install.bat.

References

There are projects with a similar objective. This allows you to find installation parameters so that the installation is silent, for example.

Here are just a few of these projects or websites with information that is often relevant:

There's an up-to-date list of package managers on Wikipedia.

Master Target

A master Makefile at the root of the project allows all packages to be built automatically. It is possible to put a .noauto file in each folder to avoid this construction. There are other possible targets. Look at the Makefile source.

build-all build all package except if .noauto file
clean-all clean all package except if .noauto file
list-pkg list all package
space clean old package

Configuration

However, some packages need some parameters. These parameters depend on your site. So, in addition to the winsoft-main folder, you should have a winsoft-conf folder. The Makefile will fetch the settings from a file in this folder. There is an example file in the package in which a setting is needed.

To find out which parameters you can adapt to your site, the _common folder, whose main file is conf.mk, lists these parameters with default values (which don't always work).

How it works

Most of the downloads use the curl tool and not wget, this allows to have the scripts running under GNU/Linux and MacOSX environments. Indeed, the packages are currently all built under these environments to facilitate automation.

Note the optional use of the peres tool (Debian pev package) which allows to retrieve the version number in a setup.exe installation file. If this tool is available, a version number check is performed.
You can use 7z (Debian p7zip-full package) or exiftool (Debian libimage-exiftool-perl package) to retrieve the product version number.

Example (same result with the three command)

7z l tmp/Windows11InstallationAssistant.exe | grep '^ProductVersion:' | cut -f 2 -d ' '
peres -v tmp/Windows11InstallationAssistant.exe | grep '^Product Version:' | awk '{print $3}'
exiftool -ProductVersion tmp/Windows11InstallationAssistant.exe | awk '{print $4}'

Unfortunately, many installation programs setup.exe have no version number (Product Version). This is a pity, as there is sometimes some doubt as to the actual version of a program.

Similarly, some MSI packages have the version number in the comment or subject line, but not all. It is therefore difficult to always validate this version number. We can sometime use msiextract (or 7z) to extract an .exe file and then use peres on it! Please devops, put always the version number clearly in the comment...

apt install make curl wget pev msitools p7zip-full libimage-exiftool-perl

List of 120 packages

	Software	Detail	🏠
001	3D Slicer	Visualization and analysis of medical image computing data sets	🏠	©
002	7-Zip	File archiver with a high compression ratio	🏠	🄯
003	AcrobatReader	Adobe PDF reader	🏠	©
004	Advanced Renamer	Rename multiple files and folders at once	🏠	©
005	AnyDesk	Remote desktop application	🏠	©
006	Arduino IDE	Integrated Development Environment for Arduino	🏠	🄯
007	Audacity	Digital Audio Editor	🏠	🄯
008	Autopsy	Digital forensics and recover platform	🏠	🄯
009	Avidemux	Video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks	🏠	🄯
010	Balena Etcher	Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily	🏠	🄯
011	Bandicut	Join and cut video	🏠	©
012	Bitvise SSH Client	Graphical SSH client	🏠	©
013	BleachBit	Clean computer files and privacy manager	🏠	🄯
014	Blender	3D computer graphics software (animated films, virtual reality)	🏠	🄯
015	BlueKenue	Tool for hydraulic modellers	🏠	©
016	CCleaner	Clean computer files and register keys	🏠	©
018	Chrome	Google Chrome navigator	🏠	©
019	Cisco AnyConnect	Secure Client AnyConnect VPN suite	🏠	©
020	CitrixWorkspace	Citrix remote workspace client	🏠	©
021	Darktable	Photography application and raw developer	🏠	🄯
022	Defraggler	Hard disk defragmentation utility	🏠	©
023	Dell Command Update	Update BIOS and Firmware for Dell computer	🏠	©
024	Digikam	Image organizer and tag editor	🏠	🄯
025	Engauge Digitizer	Digitalize curve image to data point	🏠	🄯
026	FastStone Image Viewer	Image browser, converter and editor	🏠	©
027	FileZilla	Graphical two panel FTP/SFTP client	🏠	🄯
029	FreeCAD	Parametric 3D modeler (CAD)	🏠	🄯
030	Freeplane	Tools for mind mapping	🏠	©
031	Gimp	Image graphics editor	🏠	🄯
032	GitForWindows	Git for the Windows OS	🏠	🄯
033	Gwyddion	Data visualization and analysis for SPM	🏠	🄯
034	HandBrake	Video converter	🏠	🄯
035	HP Image Assistant	Assistance to IT System Administrators (HPIA) for HP computer	🏠	©
036	HP Support Assistant	Assist for computer maintenance, software upgrades, troubleshooting problems	🏠	©
037	Hurukai-Agent	HarfangLab EDR agent	🏠	©
038	ImageJ	Image processing program (Fiji Distribution)	🏠	🄯
039	Inkscape	Vector graphics editor	🏠	🄯
042	KeepassXC	Free and open-source password manager.	🏠	🄯
043	KiCad	Electronic design automation	🏠	🄯
044	K-Lite Codec Pack	Vector graphics editor	🏠	©
045	LibreOffice	Libre Office suite based on the OpenDocument standard	🏠	🄯
046	LightBulb	Automatically adjusts screen gamma and color temperature during the day	🏠	🄯
047	Lychee SLicer	Slicer for Resin and Filament 3D Printers	🏠	©
048	MiKTeX	TeX and LaTeX distribution	🏠	🄯
049	Mozilla Firefox	Web navigator	🏠	🄯
050	Mozilla Thunderbird	Mail reader	🏠	🄯
051	MS Edge	Microsoft Edge (Chrome) navigator	🏠	©
052	MS Teams	Microsoft Videoconferencing and communication platform	🏠	©
053	MS VSCode	Microsoft Source-code editor	🏠	©
054	Nextcloud	Cloud Suite agent	🏠	🄯
055	Notepad++	Text editor	🏠	🄯
056	OBS Studio	Screencasting and streaming application	🏠	🄯
057	OCSInventory-Agent	Windows Agent for OCS-Inventory	🏠	🄯
058	Octave	Scientific computing and numerical computation	🏠	🄯
059	OpenShot	Open-source video editor	🏠	🄯
060	OpenVPN Connect	Virtual Private Network (VPN) SSL Client	🏠	🄯
061	ParaView	Vector graphics editor	🏠	🄯
062	PDFCreator	Create PDF file	🏠	🄯
063	PDFsam Basic	Split, merge, extract PDF files	🏠	🄯
064	Picocrypt	Secure encryption tool (Crypt files)	🏠	🄯
065	Proton Mail Bridge	Secure messaging client	🏠	🄯
066	Prusa Slicer	Slicer and converts 3D models (STL, OBJ, AMF) into G-code instructions for FFF printers	🏠	🄯
067	PuTTY	SSH Client	🏠	🄯
068	Raise3D ideaMaker	Slicer Software (3D printing)	🏠	©
069	Recuva	Recovers files on Windows computer	🏠	©
070	RocketChat	Chat desktop client for RocketChat servers	🏠	🄯
071	RStudio	Integrated development environment for R (include R)	🏠	🄯
072	RTools	Extend R language from source packages	🏠	🄯
076	Signal-Desktop	Encrypted instant messaging, voice, and video calls	🏠	🄯
077	SimpleTruss	Drawing and calculating simple lattices	🏠	©
078	Skype	VoIP and Videoconferencing Client	🏠	©
079	Speccy	Display hardware computer information	🏠	©
080	SSHFS-Win	Connect network drive on an SSH/SFTP server	🏠	🄯
081	SumatraPDF	Free and open-source document viewer (PDF, DjVu, EPUB...)	🏠	🄯
082	Sysinternals Suite	Technical resources and utilities to manage, diagnose and monitor a Windows environment	🏠	©
083	Tabby	Modern terminal for local shells, SSH, etc	🏠	🄯
084	TeamViewer	Remote access and remote control	🏠	©
085	Telegram Messenger	Desktop Instant messaging application	🏠	🄯
086	TexMaker	Free cross-platform LaTeX editor	🏠	🄯
087	TortoiseSVN	Subversion Client	🏠	🄯
088	UltiMaker Cura	3D printing software	🏠	🄯
089	Ultracopier	File-copying software	🏠	🄯
093	VeraCrypt	Crypt disk and volume (USK key)	🏠	🄯
094	VirtualBox6	Oracle Hypervisor for virtual machines	🏠	©
095	VirtualBox7	Oracle Hypervisor for virtual machines	🏠	©
096	VisIt	Interactive, scalable, visualization, animation and analysis tool	🏠	🄯
097	VLC	VideoLAN media player Client	🏠	🄯
098	VMware Horizon Client	Client for VDI VMware Horizon (virtual desktop)	🏠	©
099	VMware Workstation Player	Virtualization software for computers	🏠	©
100	Webex	Cisco Web conferencing and videoconferencing Client	🏠	©
101	WinDirStat	Disk usage viewer and cleanup tool	🏠	🄯
102	Windows11Update	Update Windows 10 or 11 to the last version of Windows 11	🏠	©
103	WinMerge	Diff between two or three files	🏠	🄯
104	WinSCP	SCP and SFTP file transfert	🏠	🄯
105	Wireshark	Network Packet Analyser	🏠	🄯
106	X2GoClient	Client Windows for X2GO (NX) Linux remote desktop	🏠	🄯
107	XnViewMP	Image viewer, browser and converter	🏠	©
108	Xournal++	PDF annotate and hand note-taking software	🏠	🄯
109	Zoom	Web Conference Client	🏠	©
110	Zotero	Manage bibliographic data	🏠	🄯

Uninstall	Detail	🏠
AcrobatReader (Uninstall)	Adobe PDF reader	🏠	©
AnyDesk (Uninstall)	Remote desktop application	🏠	©
CCleaner (Uninstall)	Clean computer files and register keys	🏠	©
Chrome (Uninstall)	Google Chrome navigator	🏠	©
FlashPlayer (Uninstall)	Remove all version of Adobe Flash Player	🏠	©
Gwyddion (Uninstall)	Data visualization and analysis for SPM	🏠	🄯
Java JRE (Uninstall)	Remove version 7 and 8 of Java Runtime Environment	🏠	©
Kaspersky Endpoint (Uninstall)	Silent remove Kaspersky Endpoint	🏠	🄯
Mozilla Thunderbird (Uninstall)	Mail reader	🏠	🄯
MS VSCode (Uninstall)	Microsoft Source-code editor	🏠	©
Skype (Uninstall)	VoIP and Videoconferencing Client	🏠	©
TeamViewer (Uninstall)	Remote access and remote control	🏠	©
Zoom (Uninstall)	Web Conference Client	🏠	©

Action	Detail	🏠
Check WithSecure Hotfixes (Action)	Test the deployment of updates	🏠	🄯
Run Reboot (Action)	Restart the computer		🄯
Run Reboot if pending (Action)	Restart computer if actions in progress remain pending		🄯
Run Shutdown (Action)	Poweroff the computer		🄯
Update MS Visual Redistributable (Action)	Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Library update for all version	🏠	©
Update MS Windows Desktop Runtime (Action)	Runtime engine for Microsoft .NET desktop applications update for all 64 bits version	🏠	©
Update OS and BIOS (Action)	Force Windows and DELL/HP BIOS to update now		©