/chocolatey-for-windows

Chocolatey Installation and basic usage guide

Chocolatey Package Manager for Windows OS

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How to install ?

Step by step quick guide:

  1. Search for Powershell
  2. Open Powershell under administrative priviliges
  3. Run the following command:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

For more secure options direct to the docs folder

What is it ?

A Package Manager designed mainly for Windows Operating Systems.

Automate installs like GNU Make into Windows:

choco install make

Autromate installs like Visual Studio Code:

choco install vscode

With a single command.

Functionalities

  • Package installations
  • Possibility of script automation
  • Simplify installations from commands/scripts

For more information

Please refer to: https://chocolatey.org/install