Install VS.NET Extension from Command Line

Question

Is there any way to install a VS.NET extension from the command line? I'm working on setting up development VMs using vagrant and powershell for provisioning, and would like to be able to automate the installation of some of my favorite extensions as well.

Answer 1

You can use VSIXInstaller to automate extension installation:

Answer 2

Sergey's answer is correct, but here's the powershell script I used to automate it (stolen from a chocolatey package I found):

function Get-Batchfile ($file) {
  $cmd = "`"$file`" & set"
    cmd /c $cmd | Foreach-Object {
      $p, $v = $_.split('=')
        Set-Item -path env:$p -value $v
    }
}

function VsVars32()
{
    $BatchFile = join-path $env:VS120COMNTOOLS "vsvars32.bat"
    Get-Batchfile `"$BatchFile`"
}

function curlex($url, $filename) {
  $path = [io.path]::gettemppath() + "\" + $filename
  if( test-path $path ) { rm -force $path }
  (new-object net.webclient).DownloadFile($url, $path)

  return new-object io.fileinfo $path
}

function installsilently($url, $name) {
  echo "Installing $name"
  $extension = (curlex $url $name).FullName
  $result = Start-Process -FilePath "VSIXInstaller.exe" -ArgumentList "/q $extension" -Wait -PassThru;
}


# INSTALL VS Extenaions
installsilently http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/59ca71b3-a4a3-46ca-8fe1-0e90e3f79329/file/6390/49/VsVim.vsix VsVim.vsix