Questions tagged [chocolatey]
Chocolatey is a Windows apt-get like global automation tool (used mostly as a silent installer).
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Does Chocolatey has “brew tap” equivalent?
I was wondering if chocolatey package manager has something equivalent to brew tap? In the sense that as a developer I can host some template file(formula) on GitHub and add it to my chocolatey CLI ...
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How to use choco install winrar or other command to enable the cascaded context menu?
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I use chocolatey as a package manager or software manager on different (remote) systems. WinRAR is also in my top 10 of software to be installed on new systems. I used ninite.com before, but ...
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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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How to install numpy for Python 2 with choco?
I want to use chocolately to install numpy onto a Windows machine.
However when I run:
choco install numpy
it tried to install a numpy for Python 3.
How can I force it to install a version for ...
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Installing Chocolatey so that it can install packages as admin level
If Chocolatey, a Windows package manager, is installed using Administrator privileges, does it need Admin privileges to install other apps?
If so, is there a way to allow Chocolatey to self-escalate ...
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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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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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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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installing windows-sdk-10-version-2004-all fails reporting "was not successful. Exit code was '-2146889721'"
Installing windows-sdk-10-version-2004-all using chocolatey in docker with Dockerfile
FROM mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore:ltsc2019
RUN powershell.exe -NoProfile -InputFormat None -...
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How to list packages installed with chocolatey ordered by install date?
'Choco list -lia' shows a lot of information, but not the installation dates.
What parameters do I use to get those?
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How To Determine Bitness of Choclatey Package
Looking through the help, I see that the install defaults to your processor architecture; but if you have a 64-bit OS and only 32-bit package is available, it will fall back. So how can you tell ...
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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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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 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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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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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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"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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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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Installing chocolatey in windows 7
I am trying to installing chocolaty on windows 7 machine.
1. I open power shell terminal with admin
2. Set-Execution policy to AllSigned
3.Then in copied the below code in powershell terminal
Set-...
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Opening powershell terminal from the script for the execution purpose
# Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass (Before running the script execute the command in terminal for admin rights)
# Step 1) install Chocolatey when needed
if (-not (Test-Path ...
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How to install outdated packages using chocolatey
#step 1) Installing Chocolatey when needed
if (-not (Test-Path -Path "$env:ProgramData\Chocolatey\choco.exe" -PathType Leaf))
{
# from https://chocolatey.org/install
Set-...
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Powershell script for software automation using chocolatey
Code for my chocolatey script:
$apps=@('googlechrome','firefox','codeblocks','windbg','nasm','explorersuite','pestudio','vscode','sysinternals','python','Google Earth')
function Show-Menu
{
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Why vagrant claim about Powershell version (minimum 3)?
Trying to use Vagrant and it claims about Powershell minimum version 3 installed.
I have Windows 10 Pro and Vagrant 2.2.16 and the minimum version at Windows 10 is 5.
Tried to use chocolatey and ...
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Windows 10 Boot very slow
After installing chocolatey, meteor, git and vscode my Windows boot time got up from like
5 seconds to 25 seconds.
I installed meteor by this installer https://forums.meteor.com/t/meteor-windows-...
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chocolatey upgrade all -y command fails
I've been getting this error for a long time and can't update it.
Error Like for every package:
You have flashplayeractivex v32.0.0.293 installed.
Version 32.0.0.303 is available ...
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Configure SQL Server listening port with Ansible
I installed SQL Server Express Edition in remote Windows machine using Ansible-playbook, Ansible module "win_chocolatey" and Chocolatey package "sql-server-express". Here is my Ansible-playbook task:
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Chocolatey can't install (Unable to connect to the remote server)
I have installed Chocolatey on my Windows 10 machine and then I have setup an internal Chocolatey registry on a internal Nexus instance.
I have setup my Nexus instance as proxy for default official ...
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Can I recover Chocolatey from corrupted Win10
I have a corrupted win10 install that won't boot. I can read the hdd just fine. I would like to quickly recover and reinstall all the Chocolatey packages.
Is there a way to recover the list of ...
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Access denied when trying to install Chocolatey from an elevated cmd
I'm trying to install Chocolatey following the instructions on their website. So I run Command Prompt as an administrator but when trying to install Chocolatey I get a message in the cmd saying '...
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Is it possible to skip one package update?
Sometimes Chocolatey package maintainers lag behind and I update a program manually. I can use a command choco pin add -n=packagename to lock a package to its current revision, but I must remember to ...
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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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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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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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