Questions tagged [chocolatey]
Chocolatey is a Windows apt-get like global automation tool (used mostly as a silent installer).
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Nuget Packages do not display on powershell Windows 10
I am new to Windows powershell. I tried some ad-hoc queries to test the package-providers and their respective providers. So far I managed to install Chocolatey and Nuget.
When I try to see the ...
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Chocolatey upgrade all as non admin user
I install chocolatey and the programs I want to install with chocolatey on all my domain devices trough MDT. That works!
But I want to create a task that executes (as SYSTEM) the "choco upgrade all" ...
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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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How to autoupdate chocolatey?
I have an old version of chocolatey (0.9.9.1) to manage windows packages.
How can I upgrade/update it to the latest version since I didn't installed it via chocolatey?
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How to install cygwin using chocolatey to specific directory?
I am using chocolatey(community version) to install cygwin. This get installed to
c:\tools\cygwin
I would like to configure cygwin to be at c:\cygwin. How can I do it?
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Chocolatey - How to install hidden and unlisted package?
I'd like to install the package available at chocolatey, but listed as hidden\unlisted:
This package is unlisted and hidden from package listings.
Example of such package:
https://chocolatey.org/...
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Can not install Viber using chocolatey package manager
I can not install Viber using chocolatey package manager. I am using following command under the administrator:
choco install viber -y -debug
And getting the following output:
Chocolatey v0.10.3 ...
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Using chocolatey to install lots of apps at once
I am about to reinstall my Windows 10 pc, and would like to use Chocolatey for a lot of applications.
Can I just issue one command to Chocolatey and let it deal with the dependencies and installation ...
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What are .EXE.IGNORE files and why are they on my windows machine
I found a bunch of zero-length files with the extension .EXE.IGNORE on a few windows machines recently.
Their purpose and source was a unknown, so I dug into it some...
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Is "the integrity of the file x has not been verified" an user error or an issue with a Chocolatey package?
I get the error when installing Java SE Runtime Environment (with AutoHotkey (Portable) too), the sixth most downloaded Chocolatey package:
The integrity of the file 'jre8Install.exe' from 'http://...
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Is there a way to list all Chocolatey packages that have no dependencies?
Sometimes I found unexpected packages in my Chocolatey package list, and want to know if they're safe to uninstall. I know I can try to uninstall them and wait for Chocolatey to remind me, but that ...
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Chocolatey can't install apps, 'How do you want to open this file?' dialog box is opened instead
The dialog opens when I run any choco install* command, manually browsing to choco.exe in C:\ProgramData\chocolatey didn't solve the issue:
PowerShell version:
Major Minor Build Revision
----- --...
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Do I really need a Windows system in order to maintain Chocolatey packages?
As described in this Q&A I do not have a Windows system anymore. Do I really need a Windows system in order to maintain Chocolatey packages?
Concerns
Ketarin - will it run on Linux
Powershell - ...
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Chocolatey as non-admin user
I´m starting to use Chocolatey in the network of my hotel for software installs. I have a domain set on Win 2008 and all my users are not admins.
So, lets say I have a user JOE that is not an admin ...
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PowerShell commands no longer recognized
I installed a package on my Win7 x64 computer using Chocolately. As part of the installation, it wanted to upgrade PowerShell to 5.0. Since this happened basic PowerShell commands no longer work. I'...
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What is the use of -pre in Chocolatey?
I see a lot of instructions when using Chocolatey to install and then -pre at the end. What does that command do?
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How to update conemu settings with commandline
I am writing a chocolatey package, that should install my conemu settings. How to apply them in command line?
If I use xml, I need some command to apply and save settings when conemu is not running, ...
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Choco Install Mongodb throws internal server error 500
I am stuck on installing mongodb with chocolatey.
This is the command I use:
choco install mongodb
I execute it in powershell with administrative rights.
This is the error (translated from german):...
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How to install LibreOffice using one-get?
I thought I'd try to the one-get meta package manager that Microsoft has included in Windows 10. I found this useful article that goes over how to use
it. One open source software that I had yet to ...
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chocolatey pauses during download or install, until button is pressed
Issue: When installing a list of programs using Chocolatey, it will sometimes pause during the download or install and won't continue until I return to the CMD window and tap a button.
For example, ...
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Will BoxStarter's Install-WindowsUpdate reboot the machine?
I use BoxStarter Install-WindowsUpdate to keep my development machines up to date. I run it from the PowerShell commandline.
PS C:\Users\Administrator> Install-WindowsUpdate
I think I one time ...
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How can I upgrade Git via Chocolatey from within Git For Windows?
I use Chocolatey to manage as many Windows applications as I can, including Git. I use Git For Windows (git-cmd.exe) as my default command prompt.
But this means that if I do a choco upgrade all -y ...
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chocoletey install jdk8 never ends
I'm trying to use the windows package manager chocolatey to install jdk8, but it takes forever, powershell just print out the following and never ends:
jdk8 v8.0.66
Downloading JDK from http://...
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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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Remove Chocolatey registration without uninstalling application
I want to be able to use choco upgrade all -y to update almost all of my Chocolatey packages.
Some packages represent applications that I want to have installed, but I no longer want them to be ...
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how to install software to a VM using chocolatey
Now I am struggling with install software to vagrant Vm. I took some file from this Link but it didn’t work.
After create the vagrant box. I run the vagrant up command to create the VM it worked. ...
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How to install the exe correctly using chocolatey?
this is my nuget
$packageName = 'filezillaInstall'
$version = '3.14.0'
$fileType = 'exe'
$silentArgs = '/S'
$url = "D:\Exe\filezillaInstall'
$url64bit = "D:\Exe\filezillaInstall'
$validExitCodes = @(...
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how to install software application from local server to client
I need to know when we are downloading a software application to install to our machine from chocolatey cloud repository, to where it's downloading (there is no exe file showing after it downloaded). ...
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Understand difference between Package Management (formerly OneGet) and Chocolatey, and Get Started using OneGet in Win10 RTM?
I am confused about Chocolatey, and OneGet (renamed later Package Management).
Does one currently just install chocolatey, and use it, if one is on Windows 10 Pro RTM, which supposedly shipped with ...
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How to update all Chocolatey packages except one?
cup all -y is used to update all Chocolatey packages at boot. At the moment there is an issue in the latest version of VirtualBox, and I want to avoid that this package is updated at boot while the ...
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