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    • Bill KindleB
      Bill Kindle
      last edited by

      I saw something that it had a GUI, but I never could get that part to work. Most of the packages I've installed using it work great, uninstall great. It's a pretty simple yet elegant package manager. If I could only better manage Adobe products and Java 7 with it.....

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
        last edited by

        To install literally just run this command:

        @powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%systemdrive%\chocolatey\bin

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
          last edited by

          I like Chocolatey a lot because it really does a lot to move Windows into a management mode much closer to what has been developed on Linux.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            You can, of course, use tools like psexec to use Chocolatey remotely. We have also had good luck with it via Meraki System Manager which can be used to run it in bulk from a web interface.

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            • KatieK
              Katie
              last edited by

              I've heard real good things about this application, from the discussion here, it may be worth a closer look.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
                last edited by

                I wonder if there is a Mac equivalent? I feel like I knowing one but can't think of what it was.

                We need to get Pertino into Chocolatey. That would be so handy.

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                • KatieK
                  Katie @scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  I wonder if there is a Mac equivalent? I feel like I knowing one but can't think of what it was.

                  Looks like a few Mac apps are available. Check it.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender
                    last edited by

                    I guess I need to learn scripting if I want to deploy packages using Cholatey.

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                    • ?
                      A Former User @Dominica
                      last edited by

                      @Dominica said:

                      I was looking at Chocolatey for a while, but never had the time or energy to implement it.

                      You don't have the time or energy to run one PowerShell command? =P

                      I ❤ Chocolatey!!! Anyone know a way to deploy it via PDQ Deploy?

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                      • DominicaD
                        Dominica @A Former User
                        last edited by

                        @Aaron-Studer Oh duh. I'm thinking of something else. I was going to set up an update server, now I can't even remember what it's called! SMH Mommy brain.

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                          A Former User @Dashrender
                          last edited by

                          @Dashrender said:

                          I guess I need to learn scripting if I want to deploy packages using Cholatey.

                          Not really, there is only a handful of commands.

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender
                            last edited by

                            Ninite is unbelievably simple. so $300 a year for 100 devices (WHY do I have to have 110?) I'm not sure it's worth dealing with any scripting.

                            That being said if I can't get management to give me the $300/yr I would want to use Chocolately at the full network level - it seems that it's more geared toward the end user use. So scripts will be needed to PSExec Chocolately on the machines and get reports.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                              last edited by

                              @Dashrender said:

                              I guess I need to learn scripting if I want to deploy packages using Cholatey.

                              cinst javaruntime

                              Doesn't require any scripting. Doesn't get any simpler 🙂

                              Update a whole system: cup all

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                                last edited by

                                @Dashrender said:

                                Ninite is unbelievably simple. so $300 a year for 100 devices (WHY do I have to have 110?) I'm not sure it's worth dealing with any scripting.

                                One line is hardly scripting. Even updating every machine in the org can be done with a single command (a for loop).

                                It really doesn't get simpler.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                                  last edited by

                                  @Dashrender said:

                                  That being said if I can't get management to give me the $300/yr I would want to use Chocolately at the full network level - it seems that it's more geared toward the end user use. So scripts will be needed to PSExec Chocolately on the machines and get reports.

                                  Actually the opposite. It is geared towards enterprise UNIX admins and away from end users. It is effectively a Windows version of how the entire rest of the industry has handled software for decades and lacking it has been one of the key "mocking points" about how archaic and cumbersome Windows is.

                                  Ninite with a GUI on the clients is end user focused. Chocolatey moves back to the command line so that you can install with interrupting the user, without a heavyweight network connection, etc.

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                                  • DashrenderD
                                    Dashrender
                                    last edited by

                                    I'm a complete scripting NOOB... so a little help in what is needed would be cool.

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                                      A Former User @Dashrender
                                      last edited by

                                      @Dashrender https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolatey/wiki/CommandsReference

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                                        last edited by

                                        @Dashrender said:

                                        I'm a complete scripting NOOB... so a little help in what is needed would be cool.

                                        What do you want to accomplish? I provided install and update examples above.

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                                        • DashrenderD
                                          Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                                          last edited by

                                          @scottalanmiller said:

                                          @Dashrender said:

                                          I'm a complete scripting NOOB... so a little help in what is needed would be cool.

                                          What do you want to accomplish? I provided install and update examples above.

                                          for a single workstation, what do you do with that for the entire network?

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                                            last edited by

                                            @Dashrender said:

                                            @scottalanmiller said:

                                            @Dashrender said:

                                            I'm a complete scripting NOOB... so a little help in what is needed would be cool.

                                            What do you want to accomplish? I provided install and update examples above.

                                            for a single workstation, what do you do with that for the entire network?

                                            The most likely thing that you would do is put in a scheduled job for updates so that each machine updates itself weekly or so. That's the super easy way. Takes no special skills.

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