docs: CHEF-34837 - Add Native Installer documentation for Chef Workstation 26.1 release - #30
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- Update intro paragraph to match Chef Infra Client style - Update supported platforms with detailed descriptions - Add Chef Workstation requirements section (RAM, disk, processor) - Update prerequisites to match Infra Client wording Signed-off-by: nikhil2611 <ngupta@progress.com> Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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- Remove ambiguous Processor requirement line - Remove redundant Upgrade section from install.md - Update RPM install/upgrade to use dnf and rpm pattern - Add rpm -e method to uninstall for consistency - Fix Windows MSI filename to _x86_64.msi across all docs Signed-off-by: nikhil2611 <ngupta@progress.com> Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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I think we should keep the component install instructions.
- Revert title to 'Install Chef Workstation' - Add back individual components section as a la carte alternative - Remove hab pkg install URL link Signed-off-by: nikhil2611 <ngupta@progress.com> Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Keep RPM uninstall instructions focused on dnf remove by removing the redundant rpm -e command. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> (cherry picked from commit 6058dfd) Signed-off-by: nikhil2611 <ngupta@progress.com>
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Remove the silent install flag /qn from msiexec commands in install, upgrade, and uninstall docs. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Signed-off-by: nikhil2611 <ngupta@progress.com>
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Yeah suppressing warnings is probably bad. Best to remove qn.
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…ation 26.1 release (#30) (#32) * docs: update native installer install and upgrade guidance * docs: update install page wording and add system requirements - Update intro paragraph to match Chef Infra Client style - Update supported platforms with detailed descriptions - Add Chef Workstation requirements section (RAM, disk, processor) - Update prerequisites to match Infra Client wording * docs: address PR review comments - Remove ambiguous Processor requirement line - Remove redundant Upgrade section from install.md - Update RPM install/upgrade to use dnf and rpm pattern - Add rpm -e method to uninstall for consistency - Fix Windows MSI filename to _x86_64.msi across all docs * docs: address clintoncwolfe review comments - Revert title to 'Install Chef Workstation' - Add back individual components section as a la carte alternative - Remove hab pkg install URL link * Remove rpm -e uninstall command Keep RPM uninstall instructions focused on dnf remove by removing the redundant rpm -e command. (cherry picked from commit 6058dfd) * Remove /qn flag from Windows MSI commands Remove the silent install flag /qn from msiexec commands in install, upgrade, and uninstall docs. * Editing --------- (cherry picked from commit 9a951e5) Signed-off-by: nikhil2611 <ngupta@progress.com> Signed-off-by: Ian Maddaus <ian.maddaus@progress.com> Co-authored-by: Nikhil Gupta <35272911+nikhil2611@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Ian Maddaus <ian.maddaus@progress.com>
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