Questions tagged [chocolatey]
Chocolatey is a Windows apt-get like global automation tool (used mostly as a silent installer).
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Run interactive script at system startup, or start interactive user session (Windows)
I am creating ephemeral Windows Server VMs on AWS and would like to install a list of software unattended when they first start up. To do this, I am running a bootstrap script at startup that installs ...
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cpp-ethereum not installed. The package was not found with the source(s) listed. (Chocolatey)
I would like to install cpp-ethereum following the documentation
Powershell is running in admin mode, but if I try to run the install command (choco install cpp-ethereum), I get this error:
PS C:\...
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Mysql hangs forever after initial installation on Windows 10 with chocolatey
So I got a new work laptop - it's a fresh dell latitude - and windows 10 went through a very nice set up phase. I proceeded to install all the things.
git (for windows)
VSCode
chocolatey
keepass
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Error installing packages using chocolatey behind virtualbox
I have my windows virtual machine in virtualbox, Internet connectivity works fine. I installed chocolatey windows package manager using https://chocolatey.org/install.
However installation of packages ...
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How to place symlinks to all executables installed through Chocolatey in a particular directory?
Chocolatey - PowerShell - Symlink
I installed a few packages using Chocolatey Package Manager. Rather than adding each of the installation directory to PATH or in my $PATH variable in PowerShell, I ...
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Why multiple versions of notepadplusplus in Chocolatey [duplicate]
https://chocolatey.org/packages?q=notepadplusplus
"Notepad++ (Install) 7.3.3" looks to be the better one based on the number of downloads, but why is there also "Notepad++ 7.3.3" ?
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Is there a way to persist Chocolatey package parameters so that they are silently reused on upgrade?
E.g. is it possible to set the /NoSetAsDefault parameter for the PDFXchangeEditor package so that it is used on install and each upgrade, including upgrade all?
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What are mysterious, non-existent versions of Chocolatey packages?
Some Chocolatey packages get updated between official program releases and have their own version number. Examples:
qBittorrent 3.3.11.20170322 (official release notes)
WinDirStat 1.1.2.20161210, 1....
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The way to file a new-package request ("RFP") with the Chocolatey team
If you're using Debian Linux and apt-get, and you want to ask the Debian team to create a new package, you file a Debian RFP bug.
If you're using Fedora Linux and yum, you visit the Package Database ...
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Chocolatey GUI crash after trying to install Elixir
After trying to install Elixir, Chocolatey-gui froze, and after giving it an hour, I force closed it, and tried relaunching it, to get this:
choco in the command line still works fin. Does anyone ...
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Chocolatey, run installed package
Is there any command to run a installed package with chocolatey?
Something like
choco run console2
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How to choose between 32 bit or 64 bit version of a package?
When I install choco install notepadplusplus it installs 64 bit of Notepad++ and it causes issues (there no package manager for 64 bit of npp)
Is there any way to specifically choose 32 bit or 64 ...
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youtube-dl Chocolatey package
youtube-dl on Chocolatey packages
When running youtube-dl --version command the output is 2016.06.16. The latest youtube-dl version at the moment is 2017.01.05. At first I thought that the package ...
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What does "(Install)" mean in a package?
example: https://chocolatey.org/packages?q=notepad%2B%2B
Does Chocolatey run the native program installer? If I prefer simplicity, should I avoid packages with (Install) in their name?
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Chocolatey - Python - Am I doing it wrong?
I installed Python using Chocolatey:
choco install python3
I did this in an administrative PowerShell prompt. The results seem successful enough:
PS C:\Windows\system32> choco install python3 --...
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