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Jenkins Installation Fails with Error 1603 Using Chocolatey on Windows

I'm encountering an issue while installing Jenkins via Chocolatey on Windows. Initially, I received an error about Java not being available, which I resolved by setting JAVA_HOME and updating the Path ...
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Trouble installing a package with chocolatey: System.Management.Automation.RemoteException

I'm trying to install a package with chocolatey 2.2.2 (the package is texlive), using a PowerShell session run as administrator. I get the following error: -- snip --- texlive package files install ...
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Choco error checksum didn't meet

While installing tabby using choco gives checksum didn't match error. PS C:\Users\devpa> choco install tabby -y Chocolatey v2.0.0 ...
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How to install the latest patch version of a package with chocolatey?

I need Python 3.8 on my box and decided to install it with Chocolatey. I see there are a lot of them: > choco list python3 -e --all Chocolatey v0.12.1 python3 3.10.2 [Approved] python3 3.10.1 [...
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How To Determine Bitness of Choclatey Package

Looking through the help, I see that the install defaults to your processor architecture; but if you have a 64-bit OS and only 32-bit package is available, it will fall back. So how can you tell ...
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Skype update cannot find file

Skype told me to update, but when executing the update, there's an error message A network error occurred while attempting to read from the file: C:\ProgramData\Skype{FC965A47-4839-40CA-B618-...
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Why does Chocolatey fail to install Elixir on Windows?

I'm a wizard at Linux/Unix-based OSes, but I'm rubbish at Windows and the like. To be able to install package via a CLI, which I prefer to graphical installers, I installed Chocolatey onto my Windows ...
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How Chocolatey knows which packages are installed and which aren't

Chocolatey is a package management system for Windows. First, you download and install Chocolatey, which is free and open-source software. You tell it what software you want, then (usually) answer ...
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trying to get msysgit installed via chocolatey with chef but it's hanging

I'm building a Go-Agent that's deployable via chef to AWS (to give you some context) Part of that is installing Msysgit and as I look it's been 1 hour and 3 mins since it's started trying to install ...
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Is there a way to convert a non-Chocolatey installed program into a Chocolatey installed one?

I have a few programs that have been installed using non-Chocolatey methods (.msi packages, setup.exe, etc.). I have recently started using Chocolatey and would like to use it to update these programs....
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Chocolatey install of Cygwin keeps looping through sites?

So I have been trying to install Cygwin via chocolatey here, using: cinst Cygwin However, I get this screen which just goes through different sites, and keeps 'failing'. Now I am concerned... ...
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Why dont the chocolatey install instructions work?

So I am trying really hard to follow the instructions given for chocolatey install, but they don't work. From their site, they say "Its so easy to install!", and to "just open a power shell" and ...
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Can I create a Chocolatey installer automatically based on my currently installed applications? How?

I intend to reinstall Windows on my computer soon and I'd like to make the process of reinstalling all of my applications as seamless as possible. I know you can create a Chocolatey script that can be ...
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