{"id":3685,"date":"2018-07-24T17:15:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T14:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.systemcodegeeks.com\/?p=3685"},"modified":"2018-07-24T20:31:27","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T17:31:27","slug":"packaging-manager-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systemcodegeeks.com\/windows\/packaging-manager-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"A packaging manager for windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finally, came across a packaging manger for windows, where I can easily install windows software, the way its meant to be, unobtrusive and smooth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatey.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chocolatey<\/a> is not the fanciest tool out there, but the one for which I\u00a0 long felt a need and while you can argue that docker does that much fancier, but on a dev box, this is a tool that just works.<\/p>\n<p>Just like apt-get , rpm or dpkg in Linux\/Mac OS, finally came across a handy tool in windows.<\/p>\n<p>Installation is a breeze (just open up cmd in administrative mode) and you just need to paste the following and sit back.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash; wrap-lines:false\">@\"%SystemRoot%\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe\" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command \"iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https:\/\/chocolatey.org\/install.ps1'))\" &amp;&amp; SET \"PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\\chocolatey\\bin\"<\/pre>\n<p>Remember to close the console and you are all set.<\/p>\n<p>In a new command window, you can now see the chocolatey:<\/p>\n<p><b>choco -?<\/b> to see all the options which chocolatey provides.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a sample install:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.systemcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/index.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3687 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.systemcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/index.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.systemcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/index.png 530w, https:\/\/www.systemcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/index-300x243.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And its a breeze, as I mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>While the software is free (but close sourced), it also has enterprise options (for multiple machine automated installation options), its still has a lot of potential to be an indispensable tool. Microsoft, pay heed!<\/p>\n<div class=\"attribution\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Published on System Code Geeks with permission by Sumit Bisht, partner at our <a href=\"\/\/www.systemcodegeeks.com\/join-us\/scg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCG program<\/a>. See the original article here: <a href=\"http:\/\/sumitbisht.blogspot.com\/2018\/07\/a-packaging-manager-for-windows.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A packaging manager for windows<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Opinions expressed by System Code Geeks contributors are their own.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally, came across a packaging manger for windows, where I can easily install windows software, the way its meant to be, unobtrusive and smooth. 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