Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows. It vastly simplifies the installation process for most applications, so it’s a huge time saver. I can’t believe I didn’t start using this sooner.
Remember to run within a command prompt with elevated privileges!
CLI commands
Assume all commands are prefixed with choco
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search
: string search for a certain packageinstall
: string install a given packageupgrade
: string update a certain packagechocolatey
: upgrade Chocolatey itselfall
: upgrade all installed packages.