Questions tagged [chocolatey]
Chocolatey is a Windows apt-get like global automation tool (used mostly as a silent installer).
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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 ...