PowerShell: Download and Install Citrix Receiver

I have been doing quite a bit of work lately on PowerShell scripting for work and this is a common one we deploy to our clients that use Citrix.

This script does the following:

Creates the folder C:InstallCitrixReceiver
Downloads the latest Citrix Receiver software from the Citrix website
Installs the downloaded Receiver silently

The link for the Citrix Receiver is: http://downloadplugins.citrix.com/Windows/CitrixReceiver.exe

Works with PowerShell v2 and higher.

A lot of my scripts are built to work at this level as it means that I can deploy my scripts to older machines without having to first upgrade PowerShell.

Copy and paste the code into a text file called InstallCitrixReceiver.ps1.

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
#                Citrix Receiver Install Script
#                   Date: 14-Mar-2016
#               Created by: Daniel Burrowes
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------

# -Verbose and -Debug

[CmdletBinding()]
param()

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
#  Change Log
#
#  14-Mar-2016
# -Added /IncludeSSON to argument list
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------

#Create install directory
Write-Verbose "Creating Install Directory"
$InstallDir = "C:InstallCitrixReceiver"
New-Item -Path $InstallDir -ItemType directory -Force


Function Download-Citrx {

 $Source = "http://downloadplugins.citrix.com/Windows/CitrixReceiver.exe"
 $destination = "C:InstallCitrixReceiverCitrixReceiver.exe"

    Write-Verbose "Downloading Software..."
    (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($Source, $Destination)
    Write-Verbose "Time taken: $((Get-Date).Subtract($start_time).Seconds) second(s)" 

}

Write-Verbose "Downloading Latest Citrix Receiver"
Download-Citrx

Write-Verbose "Running silent install of Citrix Receiver"
Start-Process -FilePath "C:InstallCitrixReceiverCitrixReceiver.exe" -ArgumentList "/silent /IncludeSSON" -Wait -Verbose -PassThru

Executing Powershell scripts may require you to allow scripts to run.:
#Set-Execution Policy -RemoteSigned