Windows package manager

Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows like apt-get or yum but for Windows. With all of this in mind, think of Chocolatey as a framework that you can build on top of. Chef, Puppet, Boxstarter, PowerShell DSC, Ansible, Saltstack, etc all have ways for using Chocolatey to ensure the state of a computer and packages installed. Even Microsoft has decided to use Chocolatey's framework with the PowerShell PackageManagement / OneGet package manager aggregator.

Install

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1. List execution policies

Get-ExecutionPolicy -List

1. Windows Server

Update-ExecutionPolicy -Policy Unrestricted

1. Windows 10

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope CurrentUser Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope CurrentUser -Force Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope LocalMachine

1. Install Chocolatey
   1. Short version

iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString("http://chocolatey.org/install.ps1"))

1. 1. Full version

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

1. 1. Reload profile

. $profile

1. Explanation

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Usage

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1. Install

choco install <pkg|packages.config> [<pkg2> <pkgN>] [<options/switches>] cinst <pkg|packages.config> [<pkg2> <pkgN>] [<options/switches>]

1. Unistall

choco uninstall <pkg|all> [pkg2 pkgN] [options/switches] cuninst <pkg|all> [pkg2 pkgN] [options/switches]

1. List packages

choco list --local-only choco version all # deprecated in version 1.0.0

1. Upgrade

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Install packages

Often packages require to run .ps1 installation steps and you will be prompted with: "The package sublimetext2 wants to run 'chocolateyInstall.ps1'. Note: If you don't run this script, the installation will fail. Note: To confirm automatically next time, use '-y' or consider: choco feature enable -n allowGlobalConfirmation.. So use commands to achieve this:

<syntaxhighlightjs lang="powershell"> choco feature enable -n allowGlobalConfirmation #one time off choco install -y notepadplusplus #per package </syntaxhighlightjs>

<syntaxhighlightjs lang="powershell"> cinst putty 7zip postman cinst googlechrome firefox choco install virtualbox choco install minikube kubernetes-cli cinst git-credential-manager-for-windows cinst poshgit # git prompt in PowerShell teminal cinst console-devel cinst vscode notepadplusplus sublimetext2 atom #text editors cinst winmerge # add kdiff3 cinst sourcetree cinst nodejs.install cinst dotpeek cinst fiddler4 # SSL packet inspection termination point and logging choco install dotnetcore-sdk # .Net Core SDK choco install dotnetcore-windowshosting # ASP.NET Core Module for IIS, enabling running of ASP.NET Core applications

1. Desktop

choco install f.lux.install cinst vlc

1. Outdated
2. cinst git-credential-winstore # old use: Git Credential Manager for Windows

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Install .net core

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References

• dotnet-install-script Microsoft docs

Install IIS

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1. enable IIS role

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online | where FeatureName -like 'IIS-*' # check online for available features Get-WindowsFeature -Name Web* | Where-Object Installed # check installed web related features Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-Server -IncludeManagementTools Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-Server -IncludeManagementTools -IncludeAllSubFeature Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName IIS-WebDAV # disable IIS sub-feature (uninstall) </syntaxhighlightjs>

Windows desktop developer settings

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1. Set-WinUserLanguageList -LanguageList en-GB

Set-WindowsExplorerOptions -EnableShowHiddenFilesFoldersDrives -EnableShowProtectedOSFiles -EnableShowFileExtensions -EnableShowFullPathInTitleBar Enable-RemoteDesktop

1. Set-StartScreenOptio=ns -EnableBootToDesktop
2. Move-LibraryDirectory "Personal" "$env:UserProfile\<userName>\documents"
3. Set-WindowsExplorerOptions -EnableShowHiddenFilesFoldersDrives -EnableShowProtectedOSFiles -EnableShowFileExtensions -EnableShowFullPathInTitleBar -EnableOpenFileExplorerToQuickAccess -EnableShowRecentFilesInQuickAccess -EnableShowFrequentFoldersInQuickAccess -EnableExpandToOpenFolder
4. Set-TaskbarOptions -Size Small -Lock -Dock Top -Combine Always
5. Install-WindowsUpdate -AcceptEula

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Resources

• Chocolatey - Software Management for Windows GitHub wiki