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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