Chocolatey Cheat Sheet

Chocolatey.md

Chocolatey

Homepage: Chocolatey.org

Chocolatey is a machine-level package manager and installer for software packages, built for the Windows NT platform.

It is an execution engine using the NuGet packaging infrastructure and Windows PowerShell to provide an automation tool for installing software on Windows machines, designed to simplify the process from the user perspective.

The name is an extension on a pun of NuGet (from "nougat") "because everyone loves Chocolatey nougat".

Chocolatey can be invoked by the PackageManagement module (Formerly 'OneGet') of PowerShell version 5.0.

• Wikipedia:NuGet#Chocolatey

Installation

To Install Chocolatey, from a Powershell Administrator console, simply do:

Set-Location $env:USERPROFILE
If ( ! ( Test-Path $PROFILE ) ) { New-Item -Force -ItemType File -Path $PROFILE; Add-Content -Path $PROFILE -Encoding UTF8 -Value "# Powershell Profile"; }
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
RefreshEnv.cmd

And you're ready to go.

If you want a window interface instead of the powershell console, you can do: choco install chocolateygui.

Powershell Auto-Completion

The second line in the previous listing creates your powershell $PROFILE file.

If it doesn't already exist, Chocolatey will not add auto-completion to it.

In case you missed it, or if you would like to add it yourself, open your $PROFILE and copy/paste the following lines:

# Chocolatey
$ChocolateyProfile = "$env:ChocolateyInstall\helpers\chocolateyProfile.psm1"
if (Test-Path($ChocolateyProfile)) {
	Import-Module "$ChocolateyProfile"
}

Usage

Command	Description
list	lists remote or local packages
search	searches remote or local packages
info	retrieves package information
install	installs packages from various sources
pin	pins a package to suppress upgrades
outdated	retrieves packages that are outdated
upgrade	upgrades packages from various sources
uninstall	uninstalls a package

See also the Chocolatey Command Reference for a complete list.

Examples

Command	Description
Find a package
choco list	List all chocolatey packages
choco search zip	Search packages mentionning "zip"
choco search --by-tag compression	Search packages by their tags
choco search --by-id-only zip	Search packages with "zip" in the package name
choco search --order-by-popularity zip	Filter and sort by package results by popularity
choco search --approved-only zip	Only return approved packages
choco info 7zip	Get information about 7zip package
Install
choco install 7zip	Install
choco install 7zip --install-directory=P:\7z	Install to a specific directory
Maintenance
choco list --localonly	List installed packages
choco outdated	List upgradable packages
choco upgrade all -y	Upgrade all packages
Pinning
choco pin list	List pinned packages
choco pin add --name 7zip	Suppress upgrades for 7zip
choco pin remove --name 7zip	Supress upgrades supression for 7zip ;)

Prefered search method: choco search --by-id-only --order-by-popularity --approved-only searchstring

Other Command line switches

Switches	Description
--help	Prints out the help menu.
--install-directory=VALUE	Install Directory Override
-y, --yes	Confirm all prompts.
-f, --force	Force the behavior.
--what-if	Don't actually do anything, simulate.
--execution-timeout=VALUE	The time to allow a command to finish.
--fail-on-standard-error	Fail on standard error output (stderr).
--use-system-powershell	Execute PowerShell using an external process.
--debug	Show debug messaging.
--verbose	Show verbose messaging.
--trace	Show trace messaging.
--log-file=VALUE	Log File to output to in addition to regular loggers.
--no-color	Do not show colorization in output.
--limit-output	Limit the output to essential information.
--no-progress	Do not show download progress percentages.
--allow-unofficial-build	Allow the use of an unofficial build.

check status for package (choco search: https://github.com/MrDKOz/HandyScripts/blob/12295ca13bf180612c2fb61c0710aaf8143eacfe/app-installer.ps1)