# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows install script fixes: ffmpeg pins and SkipSetup

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address broken Windows installation caused by expired or 404ing ffmpeg pins, missing bzip2 for Git archives, and the -SkipSetup flag being incorrectly rejected. Work involves re-pinning ffmpeg to valid BtbN builds and fixing install wrapper behavior.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #125468. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #125468 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.40`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #125350: \[Bug\]: Fresh Windows install is impossible: pinned Git .tar.bz2 needs absent bzip2, ffmpeg pin 404s, mirror 403s, -SkipSetup rejected

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#125468: ffmpeg installs stop expiring: pin BtbN's retained month-end build, and pm update only picks those (#125350)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `pm/lock.json`, `pm/packages.py`, `pm/update.py`, `tests/pm/test_ffmpeg_resolution.py`, `tests/pm/test_update_request_reuse.py`
- **#125606: Windows install wrappers passing -SkipSetup no longer die at binding (#125350, salvage #125371)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `scripts/install.ps1`, `tests/scripts/install/test_install_ps1_skipsetup_alias.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/windows-native.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/windows-native.md`
- **#125371: fix(install): accept -SkipSetup alias and re-pin ffmpeg to a live BtbN tag**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#125606`, `#125468`, `#125606`
- **#125522: fix(desktop): keep bootstrap script aligned with checkout**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #125468 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.
- Subsystem: `apps/bootstrap-installer`