Downloads:
3,611
Downloads of v 0.0.1:
3,611
Last Update:
27 Nov 2018
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- bcurran3
Tags:
bcurran3 choco cinst nupkg winconfig chocolateasy(unofficial) Install Chocolatey Packages from your Web Browser (Config)
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0.0.1 | Updated: 27 Nov 2018
Downloads:
3,611
Downloads of v 0.0.1:
3,611
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- bcurran3
(unofficial) Install Chocolatey Packages from your Web Browser (Config) 0.0.1
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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall
To install (unofficial) Install Chocolatey Packages from your Web Browser (Config), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade (unofficial) Install Chocolatey Packages from your Web Browser (Config), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall (unofficial) Install Chocolatey Packages from your Web Browser (Config), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
Deployment Method:
This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url
(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)
2. Setup Your Environment
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment
Option 1: Cached Package (Unreliable, Requires Internet - Same As Community)-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
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Open Source
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Download the package:
Download - Follow manual internalization instructions
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Package Internalizer (C4B)
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Run: (additional options)
choco download choco-install-packages-from-web-winconfig --internalize --source=https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/
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For package and dependencies run:
choco push --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'"
- Automate package internalization
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Run: (additional options)
3. Copy Your Script
choco upgrade choco-install-packages-from-web-winconfig -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]
See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade choco-install-packages-from-web-winconfig -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Install choco-install-packages-from-web-winconfig
win_chocolatey:
name: choco-install-packages-from-web-winconfig
version: '0.0.1'
source: INTERNAL REPO URL
state: present
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
chocolatey_package 'choco-install-packages-from-web-winconfig' do
action :install
source 'INTERNAL REPO URL'
version '0.0.1'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
cChocoPackageInstaller choco-install-packages-from-web-winconfig
{
Name = "choco-install-packages-from-web-winconfig"
Version = "0.0.1"
Source = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'choco-install-packages-from-web-winconfig':
ensure => '0.0.1',
provider => 'chocolatey',
source => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
This package was approved by moderator gep13 on 29 Nov 2018.
Do you want to install Chocolatey packages from your web browser?
You just found the easy way!
"This is the first package that every new Chocolatey user should install. Works great with Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. WOW!" - Anonymous Chocolatey User
WHO IS THIS FOR?
choco-install-packages-from-web-winconfig is designed for those who aren't comfortable with the Command Prompt or just don't like to type much. choco-install-packages-from-web-winconfig allows you to install Chocolatey packages by simply downloading them from your web browser. choco-install-packages-from-web-winconfig is also useful to support professionals who know the difficulty of getting end users to type in commands correctly, now you can give them a URL to click and have a Chocolatey package installed!
If you like the convienance of this package, you should also check out (unofficial) Chocolatey Shortcuts (Config).
HOW DOES IT WORK?
choco-install-packages-from-web-winconfig configures Windows to automatically open Chocolatey packages (.nupkg files) using Chocolatey's cinst.exe ("choco install" shim) program. choco-install-packages-from-web-winconfig also sets cinst.exe to always run as administrator which is necessary for most packages.
USAGE INSTRUCTIONS:
- Browse to chocolatey.org.
- Search for a package you want to install.
- Click the result link to view the package page.
- Find the Package Specific column on the left and click the Download link.
- Wait (seconds) for it to download and...
- Browser examples: Chrome | Firefox | Opera
Easy peasy, Chocolateasy!
WARNING: Only install one package at a time until such time as Chocolatey v1.x is released. (REFERENCE)
If you find choco-install-packages-from-web-winconfig useful, please consider donating:
https://www.paypal.me/bcurran3donations or become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/bcurran3
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$packageName = 'choco-install-packages-from-web-winconfig'
$pp = Get-PackageParameters
New-PSDrive -Name HKCR -PSProvider Registry -Root HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT -ea SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
Remove-Item -Path "HKCR:nupkg_auto_file" -Recurse –Force | Out-Null
Remove-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers\" -Name "$env:ChocolateyInstall\bin\cinst.exe" -ea SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
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In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).
Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
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This package has no dependencies.
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