Chocolatey

[Wolfghost]

Check this nice tool out: http://chocolatey.org/

[Midas]

Some more info...

Chocolatey NuGet is a Machine Package Manager, somewhat like apt-get, but built with windows in mind.

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Installation seems dependent on Windows Powershell.

[guinness]

How did you test this? What installation instructions are there?

[Wolfghost]

How did you test this? What installation instructions are there?

Not tested out yet, but it looks nifty

[guinness]

Perhaps this should be moved "Resources & Links."

[JohnW]

Q Where is the download link for this package?
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http://chocolatey.org/packages/chocolatey/0.9.8.20-alpha1/Download

This more or less explains why I won't be downloading.

The whole site seems a mess. What's it all about Alfie?

[Wolfghost]

Open Command promt and past this in:

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@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('http://bit.ly/psChocInstall'))" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%systemdrive%\chocolatey\bin

and press enter. You will get the package in C:\ called Chocolatey. Then open again command promt and e.g. type or past

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cinst notepadplusplus

for Notepad++ and it will install it quickly and efficiently without e.g. toolbars and other thing you dont want. One can almost say that Windows gets a bit more like Linux, in a good way But It's not stealth............shit shit shit !! The paths is:

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%AppData\Local\NuGet\Roaming\NuGet%

[Midas]

Old topic update: Chocolatey is currently at v0.9.8.23 (changelog at https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolate ... leaseNotes).

Chocolatey doesn't appear to be portable (it is based on MS Powershell), but the batch file installation method might provide more control for a non-registry dependent setup:

• https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolate ... tch-method

[I am Baas]

@Mod

Contamination detected... please move thread elsewhere. Thanks

[SYSTEM]

Chocolatey doesn't appear to be portable (it is based on MS Powershell), but the batch file installation method might provide more control for a non-registry dependent setup:

• https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolate ... tch-method

Here is the install script: https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolate ... olatey.ps1

[webfork]

Contamination detected... please move thread elsewhere.

Took me too long. Moved over to Resources and Links.

[Midas]

Topic update: Chocolatey v0.10.5 released (changelog at https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/wiki/ReleaseNotes).

You might take me for the least likely fan of DotNET stuff, but I must confess Chocolatey has been growing on me...

For two main reasons: recent Windows all come with DotNET by default, which makes Chocolatey installation trivial ("if you care for the distinction, its a script, not a program"; well, not really, after some more researching, it used to be but not anymore... ); and it's powerful enough to keep the embedded Powershell console updated way beyond the default 2.0 version (this is a simple matter of issuing the CLI command 'choco upgrade powershell'; the latest Powershell is v5.1.14409.20170402), minimizing the attack surface for a growing kind of malware (although this carries its own pitfalls with it)...

Current minimum requirements are DotNET v4 and Powershell v2.0 -- and you'll need administrator privileges.

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[Midas]

As a further tip, even if you're not into CLI tools, you can easily install ChocolateyGUI (https://chocolatey.org/packages/ChocolateyGUI) with the command detailed next to end up with something in your Windows Start menu akin to the Software Center found on many Linux distros...

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  choco install chocolateygui

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FYI, package details are available in ChocolateyGUI through the right-click menu. As exemplified in the screenshot, the official repository has a bunch of allegedly readily portable programs -- almost 400 entries as we speak (check https://chocolatey.org/packages?q=portable for details).