Chocolotey - Package Manager for Windows
On Linux/*nix, we have apt-get
to manage packages and softwares.
On Mac, we have brew
.
Is there any equivalent for Windows?
Yes, it’s chocolatey.
With chocolatey, finding a package or software is no longer prohibitive in Windows, and also no need to worry about malwares or viruse.
Install
Ref
Start Powershell as administrator and run the following command:
1 | Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1')) |
After install, run choco
to test if it’s successful.
Install packages
Find and install packages at https://community.chocolatey.org/packages.
Chocolotey - Package Manager for Windows
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