Chocolatey allows you to issue a command that will install multiple bits of software together.įor example if you wanted to install the Azure CLI tool, plus Spotify and Microsoft Terminal you'd issue the command: choco install azure-cli microsoft-windows-terminal spotify Of course installing one piece of software at a time is time consuming. To find the command you use to install a piece of software can be found within the packages area on the Chocolatey website. For example the following command will help you install the Azure CLI tool. Once installed you can start to use Chocolatey to speed up the process of installing software. To get started with Chocolatey you need to install the software, to do this you can run a PowerShell script or use Chef, Ansible, or Puppet.įor most users taking the PowerShell script and running it on their desktop or laptop will be the quickest way of starting with Chocolatey.
It is also free at the point of use, but there is paid versions for those that may need some additional features or are using the product in their business environment. It can help make life easier than finding the MSI or EXE file needed to install software then walking through those installation wizards.Īt it's core Chocolatey is an open source tool, that anyone can contribute to and help evolve. It can help you install, manage and upgrade software on your desktops or servers.
Chocolatey is a free open source package manager for Windows.
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