Chocolatey Explained

Chocolatey^[2] is a machine-level, command-line package manager and installer for software on Microsoft Windows. It uses the NuGet packaging infrastructure and PowerShell to simplify the process of downloading and installing software.^[3]

The name is an extension on a pun of NuGet (from "nougat") "because everyone loves Chocolatey nougat".^[4]

The choco command is used to start the Chocolatey command-line package manager.^{[5] [6] [7]}

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.^{[8] [9]}

See also

• Windows Package Manager
• Scoop

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chocolatey license . Chocolatey.org . 14 December 2021.
2. Web site: Chocolatey Gallery . Chocolatey.org . 7 March 2015.
3. Hanselman, Scott, "Is the Windows user ready for apt-get?", Hanselman, Scott, 28 May 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
4. https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/wiki/History "Where Chocolatey Comes From"
5. Doguhan Uluca."Angular 6 for Enterprise-Ready Web Applications".2018.p. 8
6. Piotr Tylenda."Hands-On Kubernetes on Windows".2020.p. 188.
7. Gineesh Madapparambath; Russ McKendrick."The Kubernetes Bible".2024.
8. Snover, Jeffrey, "Windows Management Framework V5 Preview", Microsoft TechNet Windows Server Blog, 3 April 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
9. Web site: Hoffman . Chris . How to Use PackageManagement (aka OneGet) on Windows 10 . How-To Geek . 3 August 2015 . 2020-11-12.