How to install Source Control

Most Devart tools for SQL Server are available as part of a bundle. You can select which individual products to install when you run the installer.

Install Source Control using the installation wizard

To install dbForge Source Control

1. Download the product from the Devart website.

2. Run sourcecontrolsql.exe to launch the installation.

3. In the dbForge Source Control for SQL Server wizard that opens, click Install.

4. On the Select Destination page, click Browse to set the directory where dbForge Source Control will be installed and then click Next.

Note

If you want to restore the default location of the folder in which dbForge Source Control will be installed, click Restore default directory.

Restore the default location of the folder for storing dbForge Source Control for SQL Server

To read the end-user agreement for dbForge Source Control for SQL Server, click the License Agreement link.

If you want to take part in improving the product, click the Improvement program link, select the Participate check box, and click Close. By default, this option is selected. If you don’t want to participate in the program, clear the check box.

5. On the Add-In page, select the check boxes next to the products for which you want dbForge Source Control to be installed as an add-in and click Next.

Select the products for which dbForge Source Control will be installed as an add-in

6. On the Startup Optimization page, select the option that can improve the performance and click Next.

7. (Optional) On the Installing page, click Cancel if you want to interrupt the installation.

After the installation is complete, click Finish to close the setup wizard. This will launch dbForge Source Control for SQL Server. Be aware that it may take a few minutes for all new options to appear in the SSMS interface.

If you want to start the tool later, clear the Launch dbForge Source Control for SQL Server check box and click Finish.

Install Source Control using Chocolatey

You can download and install dbForge Source Control using Chocolatey, which is a package manager for Windows. Before you start, ensure you have Chocolatey installed on your machine. If not, you can download it from the official website.

Once you have Chocolatey installed, you can follow these steps to install dbForge Source Control:

1. Open PowerShell as Administrator. For this, right-click the Windows PowerShell app, and select Run as administrator.

2. Ensure that the Get-ExecutionPolicy is not restricted. For this, run

Get-ExecutionPolicy

If it returns Restricted, then run

Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned

or

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process

This will allow PowerShell to run scripts for the current session.

3. Initiate the installation of Source Control. For this, enter the following command in the PowerShell window and press Enter:

choco install dbforge-sql-sc

Note

dbForge Source Control can be also downloaded and installed as part of the dbForge SQL Tools bundle, which includes 15 tools that extend Microsoft SSMS with multiple essential features. To download and install dbForge SQL Tools, run

choco install dbforge-sql-tools

4. Agree to run the script by pressing Y or A.

Install dbForge Source Control using Chocolatey

5. Wait for installation to complete. Chocolatey will download the dbForge Source Control package and install it on your computer.

6. Confirm the installation. Once the installation is complete, you can confirm it by running:

choco list --local-only

This command will list all the packages installed on your computer through Chocolatey. If the installation was successful, you should see dbforge-sql-sc or dbforge-sql-tools in this list, depending which product you chose to install.

Install dbForge Source Control using Chocolatey

Using Chocolatey, you can download and install all dbForge SQL tools at once. For more information, refer to How to Install 15 dbForge SQL Tools in 15 Minutes Using Chocolatey article.

Install Source Control using PowerShell

To install the tool via PowerShell, use the following command:

Start-Process -FilePath $installerPath -ArgumentList $arguments -Wait

  • $installerPath is a variable containing the path to the installer file

  • $arguments is a variable containing command line arguments for installing in silent mode

  • Start-Process is the PowerShell command to start a process that includes the installer path and command line arguments

  • Wait is the command to wait for the installation to complete

Optionally, you can include the /verysilent parameter to perform the installation without displaying any messages and without any user’s intervention.

For example, the PowerShell command could look like this:

Start-Process -FilePath "D:\sqltoolspro.exe" -ArgumentList "/verysilent" -Wait

Video tutorial

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