Most Common Chocolatey Commands

Chocolatey is a popular package manager for Windows. It has a large selection of packages, including end-user applications and development tools.

I like to keep a list of packages that I use and install regularly, which allows me to very quickly get a machine up and running the way I like it, and requires very minimal effort to keep up to date. But I don't have to mess around with it too often, and so I never seem to remember the commands to run.

Here, then, is a handy reference of the commands I use most frequently:

• Go to website: start https://chocolatey.org/
• What's installed: choco list --local-only
• Install package: choco install PACKAGE
• Install package, no prompts: choco install PACKAGE --confirm
• Update package: choco upgrade PACKAGE
• Update all packages: choco upgrade all
• See what would be updated: choco outdated
• Uninstall package: choco uninstall PACKAGE
• Get package details: choco info PACKAGE
• See chocolatey location: $env:ChocolateyInstall
• See optional outside-package locations: $env:ChocolateyToolsLocation

On paths, note for example that for many packages with command line tools, you can run them with commands such as &"$env:ChocolateyInstall\bin\sqlite3.exe" or &"$env:ChocolateyInstall\bin\runemacs.exe".

Happy package management!

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