# Install-MaesterTests

Not needed from Maester 3.0.

Source: https://maester.dev/docs/commands/Install-MaesterTests

## SYNOPSIS

Not needed from Maester 3.0.
Prepares a folder for your own Maester tests and configuration.

## SYNTAX

```powershell
Install-MaesterTests [[-Path] <String>] [-SkipPesterCheck] [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
 [<CommonParameters>]
```

## DESCRIPTION

From Maester 3.0 the tests that ship with Maester run from the module itself, so updating the module
updates them, and Maester needs no tests folder or repository: Invoke-Maester runs the built-in tests
from any folder.
You can remove Install-MaesterTests from your scripts and pipelines.

It is kept so that existing scripts keep working.
It writes custom/README.md and a starter
maester-config.json when they are missing.
It never writes a test file and never overwrites an
existing file, so it is safe to call on every pipeline run.

To add your own tests, run New-MtTest, which creates the custom folder.
To change settings, create a
maester-config.json with only the settings you change.
Run Invoke-Maester -Path &lt;folder&gt; to run the
built-in tests together with the custom tests and config in that folder.

## EXAMPLES

### EXAMPLE 1

```powershell
Install-MaesterTests -Path ./maester
```

Creates ./maester with custom/README.md and maester-config.json.

## PARAMETERS

### -Path

The folder to prepare.
Defaults to the current directory.

```yaml
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: .
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
```

### -SkipPesterCheck

No longer has any effect.
Maester 3.0 does not install Pester; install it yourself only if you run
Pester-format custom tests.

```yaml
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
```

### -ProgressAction

Determines how PowerShell responds to progress updates generated by a script, cmdlet, or provider, such as the progress bars generated by Write-Progress.

```yaml
Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
```

### CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see [about_CommonParameters](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

## INPUTS

## OUTPUTS

## NOTES

## RELATED LINKS

[https://maester.dev/docs/commands/Install-MaesterTests](https://maester.dev/docs/commands/Install-MaesterTests)