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Are you a fan of Linux, and its incredibly easy to use Terminal-based package management? Installing programs on Linux is as easy as a single command. With Chocolatey, you can bring that easy installation to your Windows computer.
With Chocolatey, you just run a few commands:
- clist [program name]. This searches for an app, and lists all packages that match the search term.
- cinst [packagename]. This installs a package, such as any returned by clist.
- cuninst [packagename]. This uninstalls programs.
- More! You can view the complete reference on Github.
There are currently 368 packages on Chocolatey. You can install anything from Chocolatey updates to 7-zip, and anything in between. While it’s still mostly developer-centric apps, Chocolatey has a healthy collection, and its bringing something similar to apt-get to Windows is quite nice.
To install Chocolatey, just open up a Command Prompt and run this command:
C:\> @powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('http://bit.ly/psChocInstall'))" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%systemdrive%\chocolatey\bin
Price: Free!
Version Discovered: v0.9.8.19
Supported OS: Windows unknown
Download size: unknown
VirusTotal malware scan results: N/A — no “installer”
Portability: Requires installation
[via Lifehacker]
