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I'm upgrading our build system to use sfdx, and I'm trying to automate all packaging operations for our managed package.

Once a new package version has been created via sfdx, I would like to retrieve the package installation URL so that I can document it somewhere. I tried using sfdx force:package1:version:display, but I was surprised to see that it only returns things I already know and supplied at build time (package name, version and ID). There is no sign of the package install URL.

Is there a way to programmatically retrieve the install URL from a package that I just created with sfdx?

Edit: apparently the install URL can be created like this:

https://login.salesforce.com/packaging/installPackage.apexp?p0=<package version ID>

Would this work?

Edit: I'm using 1st generation packaging (1GP). I'm not planning to use 2GP.

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You can add the --verbose flag to sfdx force:package:version:list and it will give you the Installation URLs

sfdx force:package:version:list --verbose
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  • How did this have zero votes before today?? This is exactly the programmatic (and hindsight) way to retrieve these that I was looking for. Thank you Samir! πŸ™ Commented May 18, 2020 at 22:06
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This is the solution I used in the end. I build the install URL by concatenating a well-known string with the package ID, as follows:

https://login.salesforce.com/packaging/installPackage.apexp?p0=<package version ID>

This is working well so far for us, although it feels like a workaround

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package:version:create:report

Retrieves details about a package version creation request in the Dev Hub org.

sfdx force:package:version:create:list -v DevHub1

sfdx force:package:version:create:report -i 08c2v000000KzJsAAK -v DevHub1

*=== Package Version Create Request NAME VALUE ───────────────────────────── ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ID 08c2v000000KzJsAAK Status Success Package Id 0Ho2v000000bleCCAQ Package Version Id 05i2v000000TNQ5AAO Subscriber Package Version Id 04t2v************G Tag Branch Created Date 2019-12-05 18:43 Installation URL https://login.salesforce.com/packaging/installPackage.apexp?p0=04t2v************G*

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    The asker is using 1GP, not 2GP. Commented Dec 9, 2019 at 17:01
  • Yes, sorry, I'm using 1GP Commented Dec 10, 2019 at 10:30
  • This actually works for 2gp. Should be the correct answer Commented Jan 19, 2023 at 14:00
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You can use this command

sfdx force:package:installed:list

Once you've got your 1GP package Id, you can use DX to install the package to your org, eg:

sfdx force:package:install -p 04tf2000002Fg1SAAS
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  • Thanks for the tip. This is not exactly what I'm looking for. I want an install URL so that I can share that URL with other colleagues. They, in turn, can install that package on our customers' orgs without having to run sfdx, just by using the URL. Thanks Commented Dec 11, 2019 at 11:42

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