Support install on Windows via Chocolatey package manager

[e-n-l]

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Bug Description

A fresh, first-time Signal-Desktop install in Windows 10 via package manager (Chocolately) is not possible.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Restore Win10 machine to a pre-Signal state
   i.e., fresh OS re-install, or remove all related registry keys, temp files, install files, and chocolatey libs
2. Ensure that Chocolatey is installed / working
3. via powershell command: choco install signal
   OR via Chocolatey GUI:
   a. select chocolatey package repository
   b. search for 'signal'
   c. select 'Install' from right-click context menu of Signal package.

Actual Result:

Signal-Desktop does not install. See screenshots / logs. If Signal-Desktop has been installed at any point, (without scouring the registry, etc. to remove all traces), Chocolatey will manage updates, uninstalls and re-installs with no issues.

Expected Result:

App should install successfully via package manager, just as it does when the binary is manually downloaded / opened via browser from https://updates.signal.org/desktop/signal-desktop-win-1.27.4.exe

Screenshots

Platform Info

Signal Version: 1.27.4

Operating System: Windows 10 Pro, version 1903, build 18362.418

Linked Device Version: N/A; error encountered prior to linking.

Link to Debug Log

ChocolateyGui.20191022.log

[scottnonnenberg-signal]

How would you expect updates to happen in the world of Chocolatey? Does it require a manual fetch operation by the user? Or would updates automatically be installed when released? (we're not Chocolatey users)

[e-n-l]

Chocolatey is just a package manager for Windows; so you can have a manifest of applications in a config file or script, and it will automate the rest. It's also useful for managing updates / version pinning, etc.

Update and re-install aspects work fine, but for some reason it's only the initial install that's getting a 530 error.

In this particular use case, I had to re-install Windows (along with every application I'd been using) while my user data persisted. Using a package manager helps get my environment back MUCH faster.

EDIT: to clarify regarding your other question: updates can be automated, fetched and installed in bulk, ala pacman -Syy in Archlinux.

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