Chocolatey is a machine-level, command-line
package manager
A package manager or package management system is a collection of software tools that automates the process of installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing computer programs for a computer in a consistent manner.
A package manager deals wi ...
and
installer
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for software on
Microsoft Windows
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. It uses the
NuGet packaging infrastructure and
Windows PowerShell
PowerShell is a shell program developed by Microsoft for task automation and configuration management. As is typical for a shell, it provides a command-line interpreter for interactive use and a script interpreter for automation via a langua ...
to simplify the process of downloading and installing software.
The name is an extension on a pun of
NuGet (from "
nougat") "because everyone loves Chocolatey nougat".
The
choco command is used to start the Chocolatey
command-line
A command-line interface (CLI) is a means of interacting with software via commands each formatted as a line of text. Command-line interfaces emerged in the mid-1960s, on computer terminals, as an interactive and more user-friendly alternativ ...
package manager.
Compatible package manager
In April 2014, Microsoft debuted OneGet (renamed
PackageManagement on March 20, 2015) alongside PowerShell 5. It is a free and open-source package-provider manager, which provides a way to integrate other package managers into PowerShell. OneGet was pre-configured to browse the Chocolatey repository.
See also
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Windows Package Manager
References
External links
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C Sharp software
Command-line software
Free software programmed in C Sharp
Package management systems
Software using the Apache license
Windows-only free software
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