Install.sh fails in windows with error - Unexpected token 'https://deno.land/x/install/install.ps1' in expression or statement.

[charan2009]

PS C:\Users\charanp> $iwr https://deno.land/x/install/install.ps1 -useb | iex
Unexpected token 'https://deno.land/x/install/install.ps1' in expression or statement.
At line:1 char:45

• $iwr https://deno.land/x/install/install.ps1 <<<< -useb | iex
  • CategoryInfo : ParserError: (https://deno.land/x/install/install.ps1:String) [], ParentContainsErrorRec
    ordException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnexpectedToken

[MarkTiedemann]

You are using $iwr rather than iwr. Just remove the $-sign. :)

[charan2009]

Thanks for the reply Mark.

However if i remove the $ symbol....i get following error
PS C:\Users\charanp> iwr https://deno.land/x/install/install.ps1 -useb | iex
The term 'iwr' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spellin
g of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:4

• iwr <<<< https://deno.land/x/install/install.ps1 -useb | iex
  • CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (iwr:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Do i need to install anything else before installing deno...
iam using windows 7

[lucacasonato]

I don't know if the iwr alias is available on Windows 7.

Can you try Invoke-WebRequest https://deno.land/x/install/install.ps1 -useb | iex?

[MarkTiedemann]

Windows 7 was released in 2009. Windows 8 was released in 2012.

Invoke-WebRequest was introduced in PowerShell 3.0, which was released in 2012 with Windows 8.

@charan2009 I'm sorry but the PowerShell installer won't work on Windows 7.

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Then again, you don't need the installer. You can install Deno manually. :)

Deno ships as a single executable file that you can download from the releases page (https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases). For more details, please check this comment: denoland/deno#5727 (comment)

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On yet another note, I don't know whether anyone has tested Deno on Windows 7 yet. It may or may not work...

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ref #130

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cc @bartlomieju, I think this issue can be closed now.