Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows. It allows you to install software for Windows with a simple command, without having to find and install the software for Windows individually.
Install Chocolatey
To install chocolate, you must install it by running cmd or PowerShell.
When using cmd
@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE% \chocolatey\bin
When using powershell
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
Find package
Just go to the web page below and search.
Or you can do a search using search
or list
command in cmd.
> choco search googlechrome
Chocolatey v0.10.15
GoogleChrome 79.0.3945.117 [Approved] Downloads cached for licensed users
vivaldi.install 2.10.1745.23
... skip
10 packages found.
For example, if you search the Google Chrome web browser, 10 packages will appear. Just search chrome and a list of over a hundred packages will appear.
To see exactly the packages you need here, you need to add the -e
or --exact
option.
> choco search googlechrome -e
Chocolatey v0.10.15
GoogleChrome 79.0.3945.117 [Approved] Downloads cached for licensed users
1 packages found.
And, in some cases, you may need to install a specific version of a package. In that case, to check the version, enter the -a
, --all
option to check the version information.
View package details
You can use info
command or add -v
option in search.
However, it works as if the -e option was added to the info
command search.
> choco info googlechrome
Chocolatey v0.10.15
GoogleChrome 79.0.3945.117 [Approved] Downloads cached for licensed users
Title: Google Chrome | Published: 2020-01-07
Package approved as a trusted package on 1 08 2020 01:22:22.
... skip
or
> choco search googlechrome -ev
Chocolatey v0.10.15
GoogleChrome 79.0.3945.117 [Approved] Downloads cached for licensed users
Title: Google Chrome | Published: 2020-01-07
Package approved as a trusted package on 1 08 2020 01:22:22.
... skip
Here, an option is given with -ev
, which is a summary form of -e -v
in one.
Installing packages
Install the package you want to install using the install
command as shown below.
> choco install bandizip
Chocolatey v0.10.15
Installing the following packages:
bandizip
... skip
Note: If you don't run this script, the installation will fail.
Note: To confirm automatically next time, use'-y' or consider:
choco feature enable -n allowGlobalConfirmation
Do you want to run the script?([Y]es/[A]ll-yes to all/[N]o/[P]rint):
When the command prompt appears, press y to complete the installation.
If you want to press y automatically during installation, just add the -y
option. And if you want to force installation, you can put -f
.
> choco install -yf bandizip
If you want to install a specific version, you can install it using the --version
option.
choco install bandizip --version=6.24
Deleting packages
Chocolatey can be easily removed from the installed package by using the uninstall
command.
> choco uninstall bandizip
Chocolatey v0.10.15
Uninstalling the following packages:
bandizip
... skip
Do you want to run the script?([Y]es/[A]ll-yes to all/[N]o/[P]rint):
When prompted, press y to delete.
If it is troublesome to press the y
key, you can immediately delete it by pressing -yf
as in the installation.
> choco uninstall -yf bandizip
Check the list of installed packages with choco
You can check with search
or list
command. If -l
option is given afterwards, a list of locally installed packages is displayed.
> choco search -l
bandizip 6.25
... skip
zeal 0.6.1
zeal.install 0.6.1
62 packages installed.
Or, you can search using clist
command.
> clist -l
The clist
command acts like choco search
.
Updating the package
You can update the package to the latest version through the upgrade
command.
> choco upgrade bandizip
If you want to update all installed programs through choco, you can put all
instead of the package name.
> choco upgrade all
Herbal script from chocolatey installation to package installation
Create a file called choco_install.bat
and copy and insert the contents below.
Then, put the package you want to install at the back.
@echo off
CLS
ECHO **************************************
ECHO * Start Chocolatey Batch
ECHO **************************************
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:: Check and get admin privileges
NET FILE 1>NUL 2>NUL
if'%errorlevel%' == '0' (goto gotPrivileges) else (goto getPrivileges)
:getPrivileges
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:: Using UAC to switch to administrator privileges
if'%1'=='ELEV' (shift & goto gotPrivileges)
ECHO.
ECHO **************************************
ECHO * Use UAC, switch to admin
ECHO **************************************
setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion
set "batchPath=%~0"
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
ECHO Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^)> "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs"
ECHO UAC.ShellExecute "!batchPath!", "ELEV", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs"
"%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs"
exit /B
:gotPrivileges
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:: Getting Started
setlocal & pushd.
WHERE choco 1>NUL 2>NUL
if'%errorlevel%' == '0' (goto chocoInstalled) else (goto chocoMissing)
:chocoMissing
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:: Install without Chocolatey
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