Chocolatey Package Manager Windows

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Chocolatey Package Manager Windows

Chocolatey Package Manager Windows 7

In 2013 I asked the questions ' As with nearly all my blog posts, the comments are better than the post itself.;) Now it's 2015 and many of us are. One of the little gems in Windows 10 that no one is talking about (yet) is. You can read. It's easy (and wrong) to just say that One-Get is Apt-Get for Windows.

Chocolatey Package Manager Windows

Chocolatey is a package manager for windows. A package manager can download, install, remove, or upgrade apps from various places around the web without forcing you to leave the comfort of your desktop screen.

Chocolatey Package Manager Windows 10

It's more clever and cooler than that. It's a package manager manager. OneGet is a Manager of Package Managers Go out to you Windows 10 PowerShell prompt now and type 'Get-PackageProvider' and you'll see the package managers you have registered with OneGet today. C: > Get-PackageProvider Name Version ---- ------- Programs 10.0.4 msu 10.0.4 msi 10.0.4 PSModule 1.0.0.0 Usually programs are installed with things like MSIs, for example, so there's a provider for that. You can type 'Get-Package' and see the programs AND packages on your machine: C: > Get-Package Name Version ---- ------- 123D Design R1.6 1.6.41 Windows Driver Package - Ge. Windows Driver Package - Ge. Windows Driver Package - FT.