Questions tagged [chocolatey]
Chocolatey is a Windows apt-get like global automation tool (used mostly as a silent installer).
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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 unable to upgrade librewolf - incompatible dependency
I'm trying to update Librewolf with Chocolatey. But I get dependency errors:
C:\Users\Lauloque>choco upgrade librewolf --force
Chocolatey v2.2.2
Upgrading the following packages:
librewolf
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Gimp showing submenus in Greek characters
After I installed the Gimp on my machine running Windows 10 Enterprise, submenus such as the 'tool options' are shown with Greek characters (as far as I can tell the words are English):
I had first ...
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How to list installed Chocolatey packages?
Probably a simple question, but how do I get Chocolatey to list which packages are currently installed on my system?
When googling, I end up at the question below. It is related but slightly ...
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How to resolve "ERROR: Specified cast is not valid." error during installation?
I'm currently receiving this error when installing Java SE Runtime Environment (jre8), updating used to work fine:
Searching if new version exists...
ERROR: Specified cast is not valid.
The install of ...
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Jenkins Installation Fails with Error 1603 Using Chocolatey on Windows
I'm encountering an issue while installing Jenkins via Chocolatey on Windows. Initially, I received an error about Java not being available, which I resolved by setting JAVA_HOME and updating the Path ...
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How "clean" are Chocolatey installs and uninstalls?
I have installed Chocolatey and tested it by installing Docker Desktop.
All is well and good, but I wonder, if I uninstall Docker Desktop through Chocolatey, will the package manager delete everything ...
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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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Install Perl on Windows for LaTeX Packages Without Dependency Issues
I'm currently facing challenges with installing Perl on my Windows system, which I need for handling specific LaTeX related packages. My journey so far has led me through a series of issues, and I'm ...
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how to install other version neo4j?
OS: Windows 10
their sites seems to give only latest version, install file
after searching a-lot, i found, chocolatey might have older version
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i tried installing from Chocolatey , keeps giving ...
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Force reinstall of all chocolatey packages after profile "migration"
For various reasons, my Windows user profile has been recreated; and - AppData files have been copied into the new profile, but not registry contents.
Now, I'm trying to restore the installation ...
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Trouble installing a package with chocolatey: System.Management.Automation.RemoteException
I'm trying to install a package with chocolatey 2.2.2 (the package is texlive), using a PowerShell session run as administrator.
I get the following error:
-- snip ---
texlive package files install ...
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PowerShell / Chocolatey, how to do an offline install of Chocolatey itself
I would like to get chocolatey onto multiple systems. The normal way I do this is:
if (!(Test-Path "C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin")) {
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [...
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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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How can I solve warning when I install chocolatey?
When I install chocolatey, I get error like this :
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WARNING: It's very likely you will need to close and reopen your shell
before you can use choco.
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WARNING: You can safely ignore errors ...
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Why are there extra packages listed by Chocolatey and can I delete them?
On opening the choco lib folder, I can see a lot of files. The only stuffs I remember installing were python and ffmpeg, and Chocolatey of course. But what are the rest? And there are 3 instances of ...
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Chocolaty install of Google Chrome fails HASH check
I am getting an error when installing Google Chrome Browser in powershell using chocolatey. It works when I by-parse the hash check, but how do I make sure this is fixed in nuget?
I can install other ...
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how do you open applications after installing with chocolatey?
I have checked through similar questions concerning chocolately/choco on windows powershell but I still can't find the answer to this simple one:
How do you open a package after it's been installed ...
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Choco error checksum didn't meet
While installing tabby using choco gives checksum didn't match error.
PS C:\Users\devpa> choco install tabby -y
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Is there a way to list Chocolatey packages with their install directory?
The command
choco list -lo
lists the installed packages. But how do I determine where a Chocolatey application installs? So far I've had to hunt around for them.
Some examples:
NUnit goes to ...
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"Error encountered during SQL installation"
During my internship at a company that utilizes Sage software, I faced challenges while attempting to install Microsoft SQL Server, which is required for Sage. I encountered multiple errors during the ...
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Can I create a Chocolatey installer automatically based on my currently installed applications? How?
I intend to reinstall Windows on my computer soon and I'd like to make the process of reinstalling all of my applications as seamless as possible. I know you can create a Chocolatey script that can be ...
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AWS Windows EC2 File Transfer - Need to keep session open
I have a rather large file that I need to copy from an S3 bucket to a Windows EC2 and it will not complete before a session ends. I have found lots of suggestions for this for Linux but not Windows.
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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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Every now and again I want to upgrade a pinned package in chocolatey
I upgrade all my packages weekly with
cup all -y
However there are several applications that I use infrequently. I want to upgrade them about once every 6 or 12 weeks. So I pinned them. That is ...
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Chocolatey Package Manager showing two packages for each package with (Install) in one
As visible in the screenshot attached, there are two packages for some of the packages with (Install) in the package name. What does this mean and how do I remove/fix/hide the "Install" ones?...
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Windows 11 GNU make - 'cat' not recognized
I made the foolish decision to move my work environment to Windows 11.
I have downloaded GNU Make version 4.3 using chocolatey. Make replies when I prompt it for its version, but returns the error '...
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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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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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How to install the latest patch version of a package with chocolatey?
I need Python 3.8 on my box and decided to install it with Chocolatey.
I see there are a lot of them:
> choco list python3 -e --all
Chocolatey v0.12.1
python3 3.10.2 [Approved]
python3 3.10.1 [...
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