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choco — The Chocolatey package manager. Some subcommands such as `install`, `upgrade`, `pin` have their own

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Problem

How to use the choco command: The Chocolatey package manager. Some subcommands such as install, upgrade, pin have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/choco/commands/>.

Solution

choco — The Chocolatey package manager. Some subcommands such as install, upgrade, pin have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/choco/commands/>.

Install a package:

choco install {{package_name}}

Upgrade a specific installed package:

choco upgrade {{package_name}}

Upgrade all outdated packages and automatically confirm all prompts:

choco upgrade all {{[-y|--yes]}}

Uninstall a package and automatically confirm all prompts:

choco uninstall {{package_name}} {{[-y|--yes]}}

Search for packages by name or keyword:

choco search {{query}}

List all packages installed on the machine:

choco list

Show packages that have newer versions available:

choco outdated

Install a package from a specific source:

choco install {{package_name}} {{[-s|--source]}} {{source}}

Code Snippets

Install a package

choco install {{package_name}}

Upgrade a specific installed package

choco upgrade {{package_name}}

Upgrade all outdated packages and automatically confirm all prompts

choco upgrade all {{[-y|--yes]}}

Uninstall a package and automatically confirm all prompts

choco uninstall {{package_name}} {{[-y|--yes]}}

Search for packages by name or keyword

choco search {{query}}

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tldr-pages: windows/choco

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