Audacity and LMMS

[Koldov]

Looking for the best option to get these software titles used by our school in the ICT suites.

 

After a quick trawl through Google and here, I'm seeing there is no MSI.

 

I think there is an option to chuck on a share (portable versions?), but some people seem to have had issues with saving and having project files in use by others and I belive there are some reg edits to push out.

 

We have class log-ins, local profiles (Win 10 & Server 2012R2) so I'm not sure if running from a server share or a local install is the best option.

 

Anyone done either of these and have a basic step by step on how to?

Edited January 7, 2020 by Koldov

[mavhc]

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/o-s-deployment/186005-chocolatey-deploy-java-flash.html#post1802114

 

This is what I use

[mrstrong]

Hi,

 

I managed to get audacity and lame (for mp3) installed via a startup script GPO

Computer Configuration->Policies->Windows Settings->Scripts->Startup

 

Can't remember if i wrote it myself or cobbled together from other sources, seem to remenber

it was a bit of a rush job, anyway here it is:

 

@echo off

setlocal

rem For 64 bit windows check if installed eg
rem C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity
rem HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Audacity_is1

REM *********************************************************************
REM Environment customization
REM *********************************************************************

set DeployServer=\\SERVER\PATH$\Audacity
set LogLocation=\\SERVER\PATH$\LogFiles\Audacity

REM *********************************************************************
REM Deployment code begins here.
REM *********************************************************************

echo %date% %time% Setup starting >> %LogLocation%\%computername%.log

set AudacityInstalled=false
IF EXIST "C:\Program Files\Audacity"       set AudacityInstalled=true
IF EXIST "C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity" set AudacityInstalled=true
if "%AudacityInstalled%" == "true" (
   echo %date% %time% Audacity already installed >> %LogLocation%\%computername%.log
   goto End
)
else (
   echo %date% %time% Starting to deploy Audacity >> %LogLocation%\%computername%.log
   goto Deploy
)

:Deploy
start /wait %DeployServer%\audacity-win-2.3.0.exe /VERYSILENT /SUPPERSSMESSAGEBOXES /NORESTART
echo %date% %time% Audacity setup ended with error code %errorlevel%. >> %LogLocation%\%computername%.log
start /wait %DeployServer%\Lame_v3.99.3_for_Windows.exe /Silent
echo %date% %time% Lame setup ended with error code %errorlevel%. >> %LogLocation%\%computername%.log

:End
echo %date% %time% Setup done >> %LogLocation%\%computername%.log

Endlocal

 

I should probably remove some of the extra logging now it's working!