For years, the Linux users have been using command line package manager like yum or apt to manage the installation of applications. A colleague has mentioned a similar package manager for Windows and it’s called Chocolatey. It caught my attention immediately. I tried it and like it very much. My only concern is the security of those community sources. I might have to build my own server to provide packages for our computers.
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Anyway, here are some notes for using Chocolatey:
- Install chocolatey
Open up an elevated command prompt and enter the following
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy bypass -command "& iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" - Search package
choco search package_name - Show package information
choco info package_name - Install package
choco install package_name - Upgrade package
choco upgrade package_name - Uninstall package
choco uninstall package_name - Help
choco -?
Interested? Please visit https://chocolatey.org for more info. My next project is to explore ProGet, a universal package manager for hosting the packages.
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