Questions tagged [chocolatey]
Chocolatey is a Windows apt-get like global automation tool (used mostly as a silent installer).
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Download chocolatey packages for offline installation
I'd like to download a bunch of chocolatey packages and later install them on another PC (which has a bad internet connection, so I cannot just install them in a usual way).
Yes, I could just ...
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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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Can't (re)install Git for Windows after issue with previous install
TL;DR: How can I completely remove ALL remains of a (probably) broken Windows Git install so I can start fresh? Looks like something from the previous install is preventing a new one. The "Program ...
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How to get OneGet/PackageManagement to work on Windows 10 Home?
I'm trying to install Google Chrome by OneGet. As I understand OneGet should be default package manager in Windows 10.
I'm typing get-command -Module OneGet and gets nothing.
find-package chrome ...
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Does Chocolatey check whether a program is already the latest version before attempting to upgrade?
Previously titled: "Does Chocolatey know when a program updates itself?"
Assume that I have installed a program such as Google Chrome or Telegram via Chocolatey:
choco install googlechrome
choco ...
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Custom repositories for chocolatey
I see a lot of web posts about custom repos ("sources" in choco terminology) available for chocolatey. e.g. windowsfeatures and webpi. However, none of the commands work on choco 0.9.9 (e.g. choco ...
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Use Chocolatey install
I am attempting to install Conemu using Chocolatey. It appears that the Canonical package references SourceForge, a know malware/spyware source:
$package = 'ConEmu'
$version = '15.06.29'
$stage = '...
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chocolatey: install programs from both internet and local Hard Drive
I would like to prepare package.config file for the next time I have to restore Win7 to my netbook.
Most of my packages are in the chocolatey group of software, but some aren't. Thus I have ...
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How to list Chocolatey packages already installed and newer version available from the command line
I have the following packages installed with Chocolatey.
choco list
> choco list
Chocolatey v0.9.9.2
adobereader 11.0.10
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Chocolatey Uninstall NodeJS Windows 8
Ok, so I installed NodeJS by using cinst nodejs Which installs NodeJS into the Chocolatey bin directory with a dependency on NPM.
I then realised that I wanted to install NodeJS.Install instead ...
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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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How do you setup an offline Chocolatey instance?
My company has a disconnected network that is used for development. I enjoy using Chocolatey at home, and would like to setup a similar instance at work. From what I have read, I need to setup a Nu-...
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Win7 error: "CLR initialization failed with error 800700c1."
I installed and used chocolatey in the past on my Windows 7 running in Parallels on Mac OSX.
However, recently, whenever I try to use it from the command prompt I get the following error:
CLR ...
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Is it safe to uninstall Chocolatey?
Is it safe to uninstall Chocolatey after I have installed applications with it?
I want to set up software for new PCs using Chocolatey, but want to remove the C:\Chocolatey folder. As far as I ...
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How to change the default `Using this proxyserver: 127.0.0.1:8888`?
How to change the default Using this proxyserver: 127.0.0.1:8888 instead of resetting it?
c:\Temp>choco install notepadplusplus
The default install location has been changed to 'C:\ProgramData\...
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