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Windows PowerShell | |
Copyright (C) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. | |
PS C:\Windows\system32> choco -h | |
This is a listing of all of the different things you can pass to choco. | |
Commands | |
* list - lists remote or local packages | |
* search - searches remote or local packages (alias for list) | |
* info - retrieves package information. Shorthand for choco search pkgname --exact --verbose | |
* install - installs packages from various sources | |
* pin - suppress upgrades for a package | |
* outdated - retrieves packages that are outdated. Similar to upgrade all --noop | |
* upgrade - upgrades packages from various sources | |
* uninstall - uninstalls a package | |
* pack - packages up a nuspec to a compiled nupkg | |
* push - pushes a compiled nupkg | |
* new - generates files necessary for a chocolatey package from a template | |
* source - view and configure default sources | |
* sources - view and configure default sources (alias for source) | |
* config - Retrieve and configure config file settings | |
* feature - view and configure choco features | |
* features - view and configure choco features (alias for feature) | |
* apikey - retrieves or saves an apikey for a particular source | |
* setapikey - retrieves or saves an apikey for a particular source (alias for apikey) | |
* unpackself - have chocolatey set it self up | |
* version - [DEPRECATED] will be removed in v1 - use `choco outdated` or `cup <pkg|all> -whatif` instead | |
* update - [DEPRECATED] RESERVED for future use (you are looking for upgrade, these are not the droids you are looking | |
for) | |
Please run chocolatey with `choco command -help` for specific help on | |
each command. | |
How To Pass Options / Switches | |
You can pass options and switches in the following ways: | |
* Unless stated otherwise, an option/switch should only be passed one | |
time. Otherwise you may find weird/non-supported behavior. | |
* `-`, `/`, or `--` (one character switches should not use `--`) | |
* **Option Bundling / Bundled Options**: One character switches can be | |
bundled. e.g. `-d` (debug), `-f` (force), `-v` (verbose), and `-y` | |
(confirm yes) can be bundled as `-dfvy`. | |
* NOTE: If `debug` or `verbose` are bundled with local options | |
(not the global ones above), some logging may not show up until after | |
the local options are parsed. | |
* **Use Equals**: You can also include or not include an equals sign | |
`=` between options and values. | |
* **Quote Values**: When you need to quote an entire argument, such as | |
when using spaces, please use a combination of double quotes and | |
apostrophes (`"'value'"`). In cmd.exe you can just use double quotes | |
(`"value"`) but in powershell.exe you should use backticks | |
(`` `"value`" ``) or apostrophes (`'value'`). Using the combination | |
allows for both shells to work without issue, except for when the next | |
section applies. | |
* **Pass quotes in arguments**: When you need to pass quoted values to | |
to something like a native installer, you are in for a world of fun. In | |
cmd.exe you must pass it like this: `-ia "/yo=""Spaces spaces"""`. In | |
PowerShell.exe, you must pass it like this: `-ia '/yo=""Spaces spaces""'`. | |
No other combination will work. In PowerShell.exe if you are on version | |
v3+, you can try `--%` before `-ia` to just pass the args through as is, | |
which means it should not require any special workarounds. | |
* Options and switches apply to all items passed, so if you are | |
installing multiple packages, and you use `--version=1.0.0`, choco | |
is going to look for and try to install version 1.0.0 of every | |
package passed. So please split out multiple package calls when | |
wanting to pass specific options. | |
Default Options and Switches | |
-?, --help, -h | |
Prints out the help menu. | |
-d, --debug | |
Debug - Show debug messaging. | |
-v, --verbose | |
Verbose - Show verbose messaging. | |
--acceptlicense, --accept-license | |
AcceptLicense - Accept license dialogs automatically. Reserved for | |
future use. | |
-y, --yes, --confirm | |
Confirm all prompts - Chooses affirmative answer instead of prompting. | |
Implies --accept-license | |
-f, --force | |
Force - force the behavior. Do not use force during normal operation - | |
it subverts some of the smart behavior for commands. | |
--noop, --whatif, --what-if | |
NoOp / WhatIf - Don't actually do anything. | |
-r, --limitoutput, --limit-output | |
LimitOutput - Limit the output to essential information | |
--timeout, --execution-timeout=VALUE | |
CommandExecutionTimeout (in seconds) - The time to allow a command to | |
finish before timing out. Overrides the default execution timeout in the | |
configuration of 2700 seconds. | |
-c, --cache, --cachelocation, --cache-location=VALUE | |
CacheLocation - Location for download cache, defaults to %TEMP% or value | |
in chocolatey.config file. | |
--allowunofficial, --allow-unofficial, --allowunofficialbuild, --allow-unofficial-build | |
AllowUnofficialBuild - When not using the official build you must set | |
this flag for choco to continue. | |
--failstderr, --failonstderr, --fail-on-stderr, --fail-on-standard-error, --fail-on-error-output | |
FailOnStandardError - Fail on standard error output (stderr), typically | |
received when running external commands during install providers. This | |
overrides the feature failOnStandardError. | |
--use-system-powershell | |
UseSystemPowerShell - Execute PowerShell using an external process | |
instead of the built-in PowerShell host. Should only be used when | |
internal host is failing. Available in 0.9.10+. | |
Chocolatey v0.10.3 | |
PS C:\Windows\system32> |
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