Chocolatey
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Yes, we've used it here and there for years. Very good tool.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Yes, we've used it here and there for years. Very good tool.
How many workstations?
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I know of about 60 or so. I know there are more but I have personally put it on those.
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I have used it in a small deployment. Had no issues with it. Chocolatey worked pretty well. No more than a dozen machines and only managing a handful of installs but it did its job well.
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@scottalanmiller and @Minion-Queen
Did you guys start this out on a fresh install situation, or to preexisting computers?For example, thoughts on best way to deploy this to 100 workstations, then remove all of the apps currently not installed through Chocolatey?
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How does Chocolatey work with Programs and Features? Existing installs?
Many packages use native software installers, so Chocolatey allows the installer itself to handle install/upgrade/uninstall scenarios. This means it can work directly with already installed software just by using choco install to make Chocolatey aware of existing software. You can also use a specially crafted install command (skip powershell) to allow choco to install a package without installing the already installed native software.
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@anonymous said:
How does Chocolatey work with Programs and Features? Existing installs?
Many packages use native software installers, so Chocolatey allows the installer itself to handle install/upgrade/uninstall scenarios. This means it can work directly with already installed software just by using choco install to make Chocolatey aware of existing software. You can also use a specially crafted install command (skip powershell) to allow choco to install a package without installing the already installed native software.
Thanks - I recall a discussion before around this, how Chocolatey installed the software into it's own folder, I guess I'm just going to have to test it - about 1000 other things ... lol
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@Dashrender said:
@anonymous said:
How does Chocolatey work with Programs and Features? Existing installs?
Many packages use native software installers, so Chocolatey allows the installer itself to handle install/upgrade/uninstall scenarios. This means it can work directly with already installed software just by using choco install to make Chocolatey aware of existing software. You can also use a specially crafted install command (skip powershell) to allow choco to install a package without installing the already installed native software.
Thanks - I recall a discussion before around this, how Chocolatey installed the software into it's own folder, I guess I'm just going to have to test it - about 1000 other things ... lol
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller and @Minion-Queen
Did you guys start this out on a fresh install situation, or to preexisting computers?For example, thoughts on best way to deploy this to 100 workstations, then remove all of the apps currently not installed through Chocolatey?
Fresh is, obviously, easier
If you are doing it with existing installs then yes, you would want to remove the existing apps and reinstall through Chocolatey. -
@anonymous said:
How does Chocolatey work with Programs and Features? Existing installs?
Many packages use native software installers, so Chocolatey allows the installer itself to handle install/upgrade/uninstall scenarios. This means it can work directly with already installed software just by using choco install to make Chocolatey aware of existing software. You can also use a specially crafted install command (skip powershell) to allow choco to install a package without installing the already installed native software.
You will need to test each package, though, I am pretty sure that not all work well this way. Great that some do though. YMMV
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller and @Minion-Queen
Did you guys start this out on a fresh install situation, or to preexisting computers?For example, thoughts on best way to deploy this to 100 workstations, then remove all of the apps currently not installed through Chocolatey?
Preexisting for about 20 machines and then the rest were fresh installs
