Chocolatey Package Manager

General

• Chocolatey is a command line Windows software management tool (similiar to Debian’s ‘’’apt’’’ and Arch Linux’ ‘’’pacman’’’)
• https://community.chocolatey.org/courses/getting-started/how-to-use

Installation

• https://chocolatey.org/install

Usage

• Search for available packages:
  • https://community.chocolatey.org/packages

choco search PROGRAMNAME

• to install a program

choco install PROGRAMNAME

To uninstall:

choco uninstall PROGRAMNAME

To update all installed software without confirmations

choco upgrade all -y

Chocolatey Auto Updates

• https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/choco-upgrade-all-at
• This package is installed on all new computers when they are setup, using the Windows Toolbox - Windows Setup Script

choco install choco-upgrade-all-at --params "'/WEEKLY:yes /DAY:SUN /TIME:01:00 /ABORTTIME:05:00'"

Last updated on July 17, 2024. For any questions/feedback, email me at blog@zinchuk.xyz.