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[New Feature]: Autodesk SFX extraction support

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Description

Description of the new feature/enhancement

There are numerous Autodesk single file setups:
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/pull/202952

and multiple file setups where two or more setup files need to be downloaded:
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/pull/205933 (Autodesk.NavisworksManage2022)
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/pull/207762 (Autodesk.AutoCAD2023)
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/pull/207763 (Autodesk.AutoCAD2024)

It would be great to support these kind of setups in Winget. However, they need a specific approach to be installed in an unattend/silent way:

  1. sfx extraction

First the sfx.exe (e.g. AutoCAD_2022_English_Win_64bit_dlm.sfx.exe) needs to be extracted using:

-suppresslaunch -d

  1. run setup.exe

Then in the extracted directory (e.g. ..\AutoCAD_2022_English_Win_64bit_dlm\setup.exe) setup.exe needs to be run using a silent switch e.g. -q

SFX installers can be detected because they are signed by Autodesk* and use a filename which has a specific pattern.
A byte pattern detection is also an option, searching for e.g. src\bin\Release\AdDLMgrSFX.pdb.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked winget-pkgs pull requests for Autodesk single-file and multi-file setups, then trace how their installers are represented and invoked. The work is done when Winget can identify the described Autodesk SFX packages, extract them, and run the resulting setup.exe silently for the supported cases.

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cli
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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