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choco search — Search for a local or remote package with Chocolatey. More information: <https://docs.chocolatey.org

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Problem

How to use the choco search command: Search for a local or remote package with Chocolatey. More information: <https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/choco/commands/search/>.

Solution

choco search — Search for a local or remote package with Chocolatey. More information: <https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/choco/commands/search/>.

Search for a package:

choco search {{query}}

Search for a package locally:

choco search {{query}} --local-only

Only include exact matches in the results:

choco search {{query}} {{[-e|--exact]}}

Confirm all prompts automatically:

choco search {{query}} {{[-y|--yes]}}

Specify a custom source to search for packages in:

choco search {{query}} {{[-s|--source]}} {{source_url|alias}}

Provide a username and password for authentication:

choco search {{query}} {{[-u|--user]}} {{username}} {{[-p|--password]}} {{password}}

Code Snippets

Search for a package

choco search {{query}}

Search for a package locally

choco search {{query}} --local-only

Only include exact matches in the results

choco search {{query}} {{[-e|--exact]}}

Confirm all prompts automatically

choco search {{query}} {{[-y|--yes]}}

Specify a custom source to search for packages in

choco search {{query}} {{[-s|--source]}} {{source_url|alias}}

Context

tldr-pages: windows/choco search

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