Windows package manager Chocolatey, installation using Powershell

Windows package manager Chocolatey, installation using Powershell

Here, we are discussing about the Windows package manager Chocolatey, installation using powershell. To start the installation process, open the Windows Powershell ISE in your machine, and type the command,

 iwr https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1 -UseBasicParsing | iex  

If you are getting the error “running scripts is disabled in this system“, please follow the below steps.

Open the Windows Powershell ISE as “Administrator” using the “Run as Administrator” option. Once you have opened the  Windows Powershell ISE as “Administrator“, please proceed to execute the below command,

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

Press “Yes to All“, if you wish to allow the script execution permanently.

Once the script is executed, please run the installation command once again,

iwr https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1 -UseBasicParsing | iex

To upgrade the windows package manager, “Chocolatey“, please run the command,

choco upgrade chocolatey

You can read more about the package manager installation from the official Chocolatey page, https://chocolatey.org/docs/installation