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Chocolatey is a packet manager for Windows.
Installation
Guide for ‘Individual Installation’
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Open PowerShell as Admin →
[Win]+[x],[a] -
“Run
Get-ExecutionPolicy. If it returnsRestricted, then runSet-ExecutionPolicy AllSignedorSet-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process.”
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'))Useful commands
- List all installed packages:
choco list - Search for packages at https://community.chocolatey.org/packages
- List of CLI commands: https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/choco/commands/
- Install new package with
choco install <packagename>- Install a GUI for Chocolatey with
choco install chocolateygui
- Install a GUI for Chocolatey with
- Search for updates of installed packages with
choco upgrade all --noop - Upgrade all installed packages with
choco upgrade all -y
Installed packages
A personal overview about which packages I use on which device:
c = installed through chocolatey
m = manually installed
- = not installed
| m700 | x1y3-2 | zalman3 | prod400g5 | VM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7zip.install | c | c | |||
| alldup | m | c | - | - | |
| anydesk | m | c | - | c | |
| arduino | c | - | - | ||
| audioswitcher | m | c | - | c | |
| bitwarden | m | c | - | c | |
| brave | m | c | c | c | |
| calibre | c | - | - | ||
| chocolateygui | c | - | - | ||
| discord.install | c | c | |||
| docker-desktop | c | c | |||
| everything | c | c | - | c | |
| extractnow | c | - | - | ||
| fastcopy | c | c | |||
| filebeat | c | - | |||
| foxitreader | c | c | |||
| git.install | c | c | - | c | |
| github-desktop | c | c | - | c | |
| handbrake | c | - | |||
| jdownloader | c | c | c | ||
| kopiaui | c | c | - | c | |
| metricbeat | c | - | |||
| notepadplusplus | m | c | c | ||
| obsidian | m | c | c | ||
| paint.net | c | c | c | ||
| pdf24 | c | c | - | c | |
| prometheus-windows-exporter.install | c | - | |||
| putty | m | c | c | ||
| pycharm-community | c | - | |||
| rpi-imager | m | c | - | c | |
| sonos-controller | m | - | c | ||
| spotify | m | c | - | c | |
| steam | m | m | c | c | |
| synctrayzor | m | c | - | c | |
| tailscale | m | c | - | c | |
| teamspeak | m | c | c | c | |
| telegram | m | c | - | c | |
| treesizefree | c | c | - | - | |
| vlc | m | c | c | ||
| vscode | c | - | c | ||
| vscodium | c | - | |||
| win32diskimager | m | - | - | ||
| wiztree | c | - |
Special notes:
- extractnow (no longer available in Chocolatey)
- alldup (outdated, last update: 29 Jun 2021)
- audioswitcher (doesn’t work under Win11?)
Install all at once:
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