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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
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        @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
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          @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
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            @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
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              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
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                      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
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                        @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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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
                                last edited by scottalanmiller

                                A really simple script approach would be like this:

                                for %i in (desktop1 desktop2 desktop3) do PsExec.exe \%i cup all

                                That one line is all that you need. Just fill in the list of machines that you want to update in the paranthesis and you are good to go. You can make it more advanced by filling in that portion from a text file or whatever. But the basics are very simple. It's not really scripting, just a single statement that does everything. This command is the "cup all" which is the universal update command. All packages would be updated on every system.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
                                  last edited by scottalanmiller

                                  Similarly if you wanted to install the Java Runtime (JRE) on every machine you would do this command:

                                  for %i in (desktop1 desktop2 desktop3) do PsExec.exe \%i cinst javaruntime

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                                  • DashrenderD
                                    Dashrender
                                    last edited by

                                    I presume you have to provide credentials assuming your user is not a local admin.?

                                    Ive never used psexecute before.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                                      last edited by

                                      @Dashrender said:

                                      I presume you have to provide credentials assuming your user is not a local admin.?

                                      Ive never used psexecute before.

                                      psexec is awesome. If you are on a domain it, just works.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
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                                        I made an article about Chocolatey too: http://www.scottalanmiller.com/windows/2014/03/15/open-source-command-line-package-management-tool/

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller
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                                          And I wrote a guide to automating Chocolatey with PsExec: http://www.scottalanmiller.com/windows/2014/03/15/automating-chocolatey-with-psexec/

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                                          • JustRobJ
                                            JustRob
                                            last edited by

                                            Can you use chocolaty in a workgroup environment where there is a standard local user & common password?

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