Manage Application Installs with Chocolatey Package Manager

Looking for a consistent and reliable way to install Windows applications? Learn about the Chocolatey package manager.

Introduction

• Managing installs with Chocolatey
• What you should know
• Instructor setup and configuration
• How to access the sample code on GitHub

1. Getting Started

• Overview of Chocolatey
• The tale of three installers
• How Chocolatey uses NuGet and PowerShell
• Security permissions for PowerShell
• Installing Chocolatey

2. Installing Packages

• Workflow: Creating and publishing a package
• Finding apps with the Chocolatey repository
• Installing the NimbleText package
• What happens during an install
• Installing another package
• Packages with an embedded installer
• Installing NuGet Package Explorer
• Bins and shims
• Using Chocolatey to uninstall applications
• What happens during uninstall
• Where are the package and .nupkg files?

3. Other Actions

• List packages command
• Installing specific package versions
• Using Chocolatey to upgrade applications
• Pinning and upgrading all packages
• Package dependencies
• Batch installation with Chocolatey config files
• Using the Chocolatey GUI application

4. Creating a Package

• Tour the sample applications
• Creating a package
• Examining the default template files
• Adding the application files to the package
• Modifying the .nuspec file
• Modifying the PowerShell script
• Building the package .nupkg file
• Testing the package install
• Adding package sources
• Installing a package from a local repository

Continuing Your Journey

• Overview of Boxstarter
• Next steps