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Downloads:

358,703,346

Downloads of v 0.9.9.3:

3,634

Last Update:

29 Mar 2015

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Rob Reynolds
  • The Chocolatey Team

Tags:

nuget apt-get machine repository chocolatey

Chocolatey

This is not the latest version of Chocolatey available.

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0.9.9.3 | Updated: 29 Mar 2015

Downloads:

358,703,346

Downloads of v 0.9.9.3:

3,634

Software Author(s):

  • Rob Reynolds
  • The Chocolatey Team

Chocolatey 0.9.9.3

This is not the latest version of Chocolatey available.

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We recommend clicking the "Details" link to make your own decision on installing this package.

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NOTE

Please visit our documentation to learn how to install/uninstall Chocolatey.

To upgrade Chocolatey, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>
Package Approved

This package was approved as a trusted package on 29 Mar 2015.

Description

Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows (like apt-get but for Windows). It was designed to be a decentralized framework for quickly installing applications and tools that you need. It is built on the NuGet infrastructure currently using PowerShell as its focus for delivering packages from the distros to your door, err computer.

Chocolatey is brought to you by the work and inspiration of the community, the work and thankless nights of the Chocolatey Team, with Rob heading up the direction.

You can host your own sources and add them to Chocolatey, you can extend Chocolatey's capabilities, and folks, it's only going to get better.

Commands

There are quite a few commands you can call - you should check out the command reference. Here are the most common:

  • Search - choco search something
  • List - choco list -lo
  • Install - choco install baretail
  • Pin - choco pin windirstat
  • Upgrade - choco upgrade baretail
  • Uninstall - choco uninstall baretail

Alternative installation sources (TEMPORARILY DISABLED IN 0.9.9):

  • Install ruby gem - choco install compass -source ruby
  • Install python egg - choco install sphynx -source python
  • Install windows feature - choco install IIS -source windowsfeatures
  • Install webpi feature - choco install IIS7.5Express -source webpi

For more advanced commands and switches, use choco -? or choco command -h. You can also look at the command reference, including how you can force a package to install the x86 version of a package.

Create Packages?

We have some great guidance on how to do that. Where? I'll give you a hint, it rhymes with sticky! Wiki!

In that mess there is a link to the Helper Reference.


tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1
$toolsPath = (Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)

# ensure module loading preference is on
$PSModuleAutoLoadingPreference = "All";

$modules = Get-ChildItem $toolsPath -Filter *.psm1
$modules | ForEach-Object {
														$psm1File = $_.FullName;
														$moduleName = $([System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($psm1File))
														remove-module $moduleName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue;
														import-module -name  $psm1File;
													}

Initialize-Chocolatey
tools\chocolateyInstall\choco.exe
 
tools\chocolateyInstall\choco.exe.ignore
 
tools\chocolateysetup.psm1
$thisScriptFolder = (Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)
$chocInstallVariableName = "ChocolateyInstall"
$sysDrive = $env:SystemDrive
$tempDir = $env:TEMP
$defaultChocolateyPathOld = "$sysDrive\Chocolatey"
#$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$debugMode = $false

function Initialize-Chocolatey {
<#
  .DESCRIPTION
    This will initialize the Chocolatey tool by
      a) setting up the "nugetPath" (the location where all chocolatey nuget packages will be installed)
      b) Installs chocolatey into the "nugetPath"
            c) Instals .net 4.0 if needed
      d) Adds chocolaty to the PATH environment variable so you have access to the chocolatey|cinst commands.
  .PARAMETER  NuGetPath
    Allows you to override the default path of (C:\Chocolatey\) by specifying a directory chocolaty will install nuget packages.

  .EXAMPLE
    C:\PS> Initialize-Chocolatey

    Installs chocolatey into the default C:\Chocolatey\ directory.

  .EXAMPLE
    C:\PS> Initialize-Chocolatey -nugetPath "D:\ChocolateyInstalledNuGets\"

    Installs chocolatey into the custom directory D:\ChocolateyInstalledNuGets\

#>
param(
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][string]$chocolateyPath = ''
)
  Write-Debug "Initialize-Chocolatey"

  if ($env:ChocolateyEnvironmentDebug -eq 'true') {
    $debugMode = $true
  }

  Install-DotNet4IfMissing

  $chocoNew = Join-Path $thisScriptFolder 'chocolateyInstall\choco.exe'
  if ($debugMode) {
    & $chocoNew unpackself -fdv
  } else {
    & $chocoNew unpackself -f
  }

  $installModule = Join-Path $thisScriptFolder 'chocolateyInstall\helpers\chocolateyInstaller.psm1'
  Import-Module $installModule -Force

  if ($chocolateyPath -eq '') {
    $programData = [Environment]::GetFolderPath("CommonApplicationData")
    $chocolateyPath = Join-Path "$programData" 'chocolatey'
  }

  # variable to allow insecure directory:
  $allowInsecureRootInstall = $false
  if ($env:ChocolateyAllowInsecureRootDirectory -eq 'true') { $allowInsecureRootInstall = $true }

  # if we have an already environment variable path, use it.
  $alreadyInitializedNugetPath = Get-ChocolateyInstallFolder
  if ($alreadyInitializedNugetPath -and $alreadyInitializedNugetPath -ne $chocolateyPath -and ($allowInsecureRootInstall -or $alreadyInitializedNugetPath -ne $defaultChocolateyPathOld)){
    $chocolateyPath = $alreadyInitializedNugetPath
  }
  else {
    Set-ChocolateyInstallFolder $chocolateyPath
  }
  Create-DirectoryIfNotExists $chocolateyPath

  Ensure-UserPermissions $chocolateyPath

  #set up variables to add
  $chocolateyExePath = Join-Path $chocolateyPath 'bin'
  $chocolateyLibPath = Join-Path $chocolateyPath 'lib'

  if ($tempDir -eq $null) {
    $tempDir = Join-Path $chocolateyPath 'temp'
    Create-DirectoryIfNotExists $tempDir
  }

  $yourPkgPath = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($chocolateyLibPath,"yourPackageName")
@"
We are setting up the Chocolatey package repository.
The packages themselves go to `'$chocolateyLibPath`'
  (i.e. $yourPkgPath).
A shim file for the command line goes to `'$chocolateyExePath`'
  and points to an executable in `'$yourPkgPath`'.

Creating Chocolatey folders if they do not already exist.

"@ | Write-Output

  Write-Warning "You can safely ignore errors related to missing log files when `n  upgrading from a version of Chocolatey less than 0.9.9. `n  'Batch file could not be found' is also safe to ignore. `n  'The system cannot find the file specified' - also safe."

  #create the base structure if it doesn't exist
  Create-DirectoryIfNotExists $chocolateyExePath
  Create-DirectoryIfNotExists $chocolateyLibPath

  Install-ChocolateyFiles $chocolateyPath
  Ensure-ChocolateyLibFiles $chocolateyLibPath

  Install-ChocolateyBinFiles $chocolateyPath $chocolateyExePath

  $chocolateyExePathVariable = $chocolateyExePath.ToLower().Replace($chocolateyPath.ToLower(), "%DIR%..\").Replace("\\","\")
  Initialize-ChocolateyPath $chocolateyExePath $chocolateyExePathVariable
  Process-ChocolateyBinFiles $chocolateyExePath $chocolateyExePathVariable

  $realModule = Join-Path $chocolateyPath "helpers\chocolateyInstaller.psm1"
  Import-Module "$realModule" -Force

  if (-not $allowInsecureRootInstall -and (Test-Path($defaultChocolateyPathOld))) {
    Upgrade-OldChocolateyInstall $defaultChocolateyPathOld $chocolateyPath
    Install-ChocolateyBinFiles $chocolateyPath $chocolateyExePath
  }

@"
Chocolatey (choco.exe) is now ready.
You can call choco from anywhere, command line or powershell by typing choco.
Run choco /? for a list of functions.
You may need to shut down and restart powershell and/or consoles
 first prior to using choco.
"@ | write-Output

  if (-not $allowInsecureRootInstall) {
    Remove-OldChocolateyInstall $defaultChocolateyPathOld
  }
}

function Set-ChocolateyInstallFolder {
param(
  [string]$folder
)
  Write-Debug "Set-ChocolateyInstallFolder"

  $environmentTarget = [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User
  # removing old variable
  Install-ChocolateyEnvironmentVariable -variableName "$chocInstallVariableName" -variableValue $null -variableType $environmentTarget
  if (Test-ProcessAdminRights) {
    Write-Debug "Administrator installing so using Machine environment variable target instead of User."
    $environmentTarget = [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine
    # removing old variable
    Install-ChocolateyEnvironmentVariable -variableName "$chocInstallVariableName" -variableValue $null -variableType $environmentTarget
  } else {
    Write-Warning "Setting ChocolateyInstall Environment Variable on USER and not SYSTEM variables.`n  This is due to either non-administrator install OR the process you are running is not being run as an Administrator."
  }

  Write-Output "Creating $chocInstallVariableName as an environment variable (targeting `'$environmentTarget`') `n  Setting $chocInstallVariableName to `'$folder`'"
  Write-Warning "It's very likely you will need to close and reopen your shell `n  before you can use choco."
  Install-ChocolateyEnvironmentVariable -variableName "$chocInstallVariableName" -variableValue "$folder" -variableType $environmentTarget
}

function Get-ChocolateyInstallFolder(){
  Write-Debug "Get-ChocolateyInstallFolder"
  [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable($chocInstallVariableName)
}

function Create-DirectoryIfNotExists($folderName){
  Write-Debug "Create-DirectoryIfNotExists"
  if (![System.IO.Directory]::Exists($folderName)) { [System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($folderName) | Out-Null }
}

function Ensure-UserPermissions {
param(
  [string]$folder
)
  Write-Debug "Ensure-UserPermissions"

  if (!(Test-ProcessAdminRights)) {
    Write-Warning "User is not running elevated, cannot set user permissions."
    return
  }

  $currentEA = $ErrorActionPreference
  $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
  try {
    # get current user
    $currentUser = [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()
    # get current acl
    $acl = Get-Acl $folder

    # define rule to set
    $rights = "Modify"
    $userAccessRule = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule($currentUser.Name, $rights, "Allow")

    # this is idempotent
    Write-Output "Adding Modify permission for current user to '$folder'"
    $acl.SetAccessRuleProtection($false,$true)
    $acl.SetAccessRule($userAccessRule)
    Set-Acl $folder $acl
  } catch {
    Write-Warning "Not able to set permissions for user."
  }
  $ErrorActionPreference = $currentEA
}

function Upgrade-OldChocolateyInstall {
param(
  [string]$chocolateyPathOld = "$sysDrive\Chocolatey",
  [string]$chocolateyPath =  "$($env:ALLUSERSPROFILE)\chocolatey"
)

  Write-Debug "Upgrade-OldChocolateyInstall"

  if (Test-Path $chocolateyPathOld) {
    Write-Output "Attempting to upgrade `'$chocolateyPathOld`' to `'$chocolateyPath`'."
    Write-Warning "Copying the contents of `'$chocolateyPathOld`' to `'$chocolateyPath`'. `n This step may fail if you have anything in this folder running or locked."
    Write-Output 'If it fails, just manually copy the rest of the items out and then delete the folder.'
    Write-Host "!!!! ATTN: YOU WILL NEED TO CLOSE AND REOPEN YOUR SHELL !!!!" -ForegroundColor Magenta -BackgroundColor Black

    $chocolateyExePathOld = Join-Path $chocolateyPathOld 'bin'
    'Machine', 'User' |
    % {
      $path = Get-EnvironmentVariable -Name 'PATH' -Scope $_
      $updatedPath = [System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Replace($path,[System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Escape($chocolateyExePathOld) + '(?>;)?', '', [System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions]::IgnoreCase)
      if ($updatedPath -ne $path) {
        Write-Output "Updating `'$_`' PATH to reflect removal of '$chocolateyPathOld'."
        try {
          Set-EnvironmentVariable -Name 'Path' -Value $updatedPath -Scope $_ -ErrorAction Stop
        } catch {
          Write-Warning "Was not able to remove the old environment variable from PATH. You will need to do this manually"
        }

      }
    }

    Copy-Item "$chocolateyPathOld\lib\*" "$chocolateyPath\lib" -force -recurse

    $from = "$chocolateyPathOld\bin"
    $to = "$chocolateyPath\bin"
    $exclude = @("choco.exe", "chocolatey.exe", "cinst.exe", "clist.exe", "cpack.exe", "cpush.exe", "cuninst.exe", "cup.exe", "cver.exe", "RefreshEnv.cmd")
    Get-ChildItem -Path $from -recurse -Exclude $exclude |
      % {
        Write-Debug "Copying $_ `n to $to"
        if ($_.PSIsContainer) {
          Copy-Item $_ -Destination (Join-Path $to $_.Parent.FullName.Substring($from.length)) -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
        } else {
          $fileToMove = (Join-Path $to $_.FullName.Substring($from.length))
          try {
           Copy-Item $_ -Destination $fileToMove -Exclude $exclude -Force -ErrorAction Stop
          }
          catch {
            Write-Warning "Was not able to move `'$fileToMove`'. You may need to reinstall the shim"
          }
        }
      }
  }
}

function Remove-OldChocolateyInstall {
param(
  [string]$chocolateyPathOld = "$sysDrive\Chocolatey"
)
  Write-Debug "Remove-OldChocolateyInstall"

  if (Test-Path $chocolateyPathOld) {
    Write-Warning "This action will result in Log Errors, you can safely ignore those. `n You may need to finish removing '$chocolateyPathOld' manually."
    try {
      Get-ChildItem -Path "$chocolateyPathOld" | % {
        if (Test-Path $_.FullName) {
          Write-Debug "Removing $_ unless matches .log"
          Remove-Item $_.FullName -exclude *.log -recurse -force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
        }
      }

      Write-Output "Attempting to remove `'$chocolateyPathOld`'. This may fail if something in the folder is being used or locked."
      Remove-Item "$($chocolateyPathOld)" -force -recurse -ErrorAction Stop
    }
    catch {
      Write-Warning "Was not able to remove `'$chocolateyPathOld`'. You will need to manually remove it."
    }
  }
}

function Install-ChocolateyFiles {
param(
  [string]$chocolateyPath
)
  Write-Debug "Install-ChocolateyFiles"

  Write-Debug "Removing install files in chocolateyInstall, helpers, redirects, and tools"
  "$chocolateyPath\chocolateyInstall", "$chocolateyPath\helpers", "$chocolateyPath\redirects", "$chocolateyPath\tools" | % {
    #Write-Debug "Checking path $_"

    if (Test-Path $_) {
      Get-ChildItem -Path "$_" | % {
        #Write-Debug "Checking child path $_ ($($_.FullName))"
        if (Test-Path $_.FullName) {
          Write-Debug "Removing $_ unless matches .log"
          Remove-Item $_.FullName -exclude *.log -recurse -force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
        }
      }
    }
  }

  Write-Debug "Attempting to move choco.exe to choco.exe.old so we can place the new version here."
  # rename the currently running process / it will be locked if it exists
  $chocoExe = Join-Path $chocolateyPath 'choco.exe'
  if (Test-Path ($chocoExe)) {
    Write-Debug "Renaming '$chocoExe' to '$chocoExe.old'"
    try {
      Remove-Item "$chocoExe.old" -force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
      Move-Item $chocoExe "$chocoExe.old" -force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
    catch {
      Write-Warning "Was not able to rename `'$chocoExe`' to `'$chocoExe.old`'."
    }
  }

  Write-Debug "Unpacking files required for Chocolatey."
  $chocInstallFolder = Join-Path $thisScriptFolder "chocolateyInstall"
  $chocoExe = Join-Path $chocInstallFolder 'choco.exe'
  $chocoExeDest = Join-Path $chocolateyPath 'choco.exe'
  Copy-Item $chocoExe $chocoExeDest -force

  if ($debugMode) {
    & $chocoExeDest unpackself -fdv
  } else {
    & $chocoExeDest unpackself -f
  }
}

function Ensure-ChocolateyLibFiles {
param(
  [string]$chocolateyLibPath
)
  Write-Debug "Ensure-ChocolateyLibFiles"
  $chocoPkgDirectory = Join-Path $chocolateyLibPath 'chocolatey'

  if ( -not (Test-Path("$chocoPkgDirectory\chocolatey.nupkg")) ) {
    Write-Output "Ensuring '$chocoPkgDirectory' exists."
    Create-DirectoryIfNotExists $chocoPkgDirectory

    $chocoPkg = Get-ChildItem "$thisScriptFolder/../../" | ?{$_.name -match "^chocolatey.*nupkg"} | Sort name -Descending | Select -First 1
    if ($chocoPkg -ne '') { $chocoPkg = $chocoPkg.FullName }
    "$tempDir\chocolatey.zip", "$chocoPkg" | % {
      if ($_ -ne $null -and $_ -ne '') {
        if (Test-Path $_) {
          Copy-Item $_ "$chocoPkgDirectory\chocolatey.nupkg" -force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

function Install-ChocolateyBinFiles {
param(
  [string] $chocolateyPath,
  [string] $chocolateyExePath
)
  Write-Debug "Install-ChocolateyBinFiles"
  Write-Debug "Installing the bin file redirects"
  $redirectsPath = Join-Path $chocolateyPath 'redirects'
  if (!(Test-Path "$redirectsPath")) {
    Write-Warning "$redirectsPath does not exist"
    return
  }

  $exeFiles = Get-ChildItem "$redirectsPath" -include @("*.exe","*.cmd") -recurse
  foreach ($exeFile in $exeFiles) {
    $exeFilePath = $exeFile.FullName
    $exeFileName = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileName("$exeFilePath")
    $binFilePath = Join-Path $chocolateyExePath $exeFileName
    $binFilePathRename = $binFilePath + '.old'
    $batchFilePath = $binFilePath.Replace(".exe",".bat")
    $bashFilePath = $binFilePath.Replace(".exe","")
    if (Test-Path ($batchFilePath)) { Remove-Item $batchFilePath -force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue }
    if (Test-Path ($bashFilePath)) { Remove-Item $bashFilePath -force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue }
    if (Test-Path ($binFilePathRename)) {
      try {
        Write-Debug "Attempting to remove $binFilePathRename"
        Remove-Item $binFilePathRename -force -ErrorAction Stop
      }
      catch {
        Write-Warning "Was not able to remove `'$binFilePathRename`'. This may cause errors."
      }
    }
    if (Test-Path ($binFilePath)) {
     try {
        Write-Debug "Attempting to rename $binFilePath to $binFilePathRename"
        Move-Item -path $binFilePath -destination $binFilePathRename -force -ErrorAction Stop
      }
      catch {
        Write-Warning "Was not able to rename `'$binFilePath`' to `'$binFilePathRename`'."
      }
    }

    try {
      Write-Debug "Attempting to copy $exeFilePath to $binFilePath"
      Copy-Item -path $exeFilePath -destination $binFilePath -force -ErrorAction Stop
    }
    catch {
      Write-Warning "Was not able to replace `'$binFilePath`' with `'$exeFilePath`'. You may need to do this manually."
    }

    $commandShortcut = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension("$exeFilePath")
    Write-Debug "Added command $commandShortcut"
  }
}

function Initialize-ChocolateyPath {
param(
  [string]$chocolateyExePath = "$($env:ALLUSERSPROFILE)\chocolatey\bin",
  [string]$chocolateyExePathVariable = "%$($chocInstallVariableName)%\bin"
)
  Write-Debug "Initialize-ChocolateyPath"
  Write-Debug "Initializing Chocolatey Path if required"
  $environmentTarget = [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User
  if (Test-ProcessAdminRights) {
    Write-Debug "Administrator installing so using Machine environment variable target instead of User."
    $environmentTarget = [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine
  } else {
    Write-Warning "Setting ChocolateyInstall Path on USER PATH and not SYSTEM Path.`n  This is due to either non-administrator install OR the process you are running is not being run as an Administrator."
  }

  Install-ChocolateyPath -pathToInstall "$chocolateyExePath" -pathType $environmentTarget
}

function Process-ChocolateyBinFiles {
param(
  [string]$chocolateyExePath = "$($env:ALLUSERSPROFILE)\chocolatey\bin",
  [string]$chocolateyExePathVariable = "%$($chocInstallVariableName)%\bin"
)
  Write-Debug "Process-ChocolateyBinFiles"
  $processedMarkerFile = Join-Path $chocolateyExePath '_processed.txt'
  if (!(test-path $processedMarkerFile)) {
    $files = get-childitem $chocolateyExePath -include *.bat -recurse
    if ($files -ne $null -and $files.Count -gt 0) {
      Write-Debug "Processing Bin files"
      foreach ($file in $files) {
        Write-Output "Processing $($file.Name) to make it portable"
        $fileStream = [System.IO.File]::Open("$file", 'Open', 'Read', 'ReadWrite')
        $reader = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader($fileStream)
        $fileText = $reader.ReadToEnd()
        $reader.Close()
        $fileStream.Close()

        $fileText = $fileText.ToLower().Replace("`"" + $chocolateyPath.ToLower(), "SET DIR=%~dp0%`n""%DIR%..\").Replace("\\","\")

        Set-Content $file -Value $fileText -Encoding Ascii
      }
    }

    Set-Content $processedMarkerFile -Value "$([System.DateTime]::Now.Date)" -Encoding Ascii
  }
}

$netFx4InstallTries = 0

function Install-DotNet4IfMissing {
param(
  $forceFxInstall = $false
)
  # we can't take advantage of any chocolatey module functions, because they
  # haven't been unpacked because they require .NET Framework 4.0

  Write-Debug "Install-DotNet4IfMissing"
  if ([IntPtr]::Size -eq 8) {$fx="framework64"} else {$fx="framework"}

  $NetFx4ClientUrl = 'http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/6/2/562A10F9-C9F4-4313-A044-9C94E0A8FAC8/dotNetFx40_Client_x86_x64.exe'
  $NetFx4FullUrl = 'http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/5/A/95A9616B-7A37-4AF6-BC36-D6EA96C8DAAE/dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe'
  $NetFx4Url = $NetFx4FullUrl
  $NetFx4Path = "$tempDir"
  $NetFx4InstallerFile = 'dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe'
  $NetFx4Installer = Join-Path $NetFx4Path $NetFx4InstallerFile

  if(!(test-path "$env:windir\Microsoft.Net\$fx\v4.0.30319") -or $forceFxInstall) {
    if (!(Test-Path $NetFx4Path)) {
      Write-Host "Creating folder `'$NetFx4Path`'"
      $null = New-Item -Path "$NetFx4Path" -ItemType Directory
    }

    $netFx4InstallTries += 1

    if (!(Test-Path $NetFx4Installer)) {
      Write-Host "Downloading `'$NetFx4Url`' to `'$NetFx4Installer`' - the installer is 40+ MBs, so this could take awhile on a slow connection."
      (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile("$NetFx4Url","$NetFx4Installer")
    }

    $psi = New-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo
    $psi.WorkingDirectory = "$NetFx4Path"
    $psi.FileName = "$NetFx4InstallerFile"
    # https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ee942965(v=VS.100).aspx#command_line_options
    # http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2010/05/12/10011664.aspx
    # For the actual setup.exe (if you want to unpack first) - /repair /x86 /x64 /ia64 /parameterfolder Client /q /norestart
    $psi.Arguments = "/q /norestart /repair"

    Write-Host "Installing `'$NetFx4Installer`' - this may take awhile with no output."
    $s = [System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start($psi);
    $s.WaitForExit();
    if ($s.ExitCode -ne 0 -and $s.ExitCode -ne 3010) {
      if ($netFx4InstallTries -eq 2) {
        Write-Error ".NET Framework install failed with exit code `'$($s.ExitCode)`'. `n This will cause the rest of the install to fail."
        throw "Error installing .NET Framework 4.0 (exit code $($s.ExitCode)). `n Please install the .NET Framework 4.0 manually and then try to install Chocolatey again. `n Download at `'$NetFx4Url`'"
      } else {
        Write-Warning "First try of .NET framework install failed with exit code `'$($s.ExitCode)`'. Trying again."
        Install-DotNet4IfMissing $true
      }
    }
  }
}

Export-ModuleMember -function Initialize-Chocolatey;
tools\init.ps1
param($installPath, $toolsPath, $package, $project)

$modules = Get-ChildItem $ToolsPath -Filter *.psm1
$modules | ForEach-Object { import-module -name  $_.FullName }

@"
========================
Chocolatey
========================
Welcome to Chocolatey, your local machine repository built on the NuGet infrastructure. Chocolatey allows you to install application packages to your machine with the goodness of a #chocolatey #nuget combo. 
Application executables get added to the path automatically so you can call them from anywhere (command line/powershell prompt), not just in Visual Studio.

Lets get Chocolatey!
----------
Visual Studio -
----------
Please run Initialize-Chocolatey one time per machine to set up the repository. 
If you are upgrading, please remember to run Initialize-Chocolatey again.
After you have run Initiliaze-Chocolatey, you can safely uninstall the chocolatey package from your current Visual Studio solution.
----------
Alternative NuGet -
----------
If you are not using NuGet in Visual Studio, please navigate to the directory with the chocolateysetup.psm1 and run that in Powershell, followed by Initialize-Chocolatey.
Upgrade is the same, just run Initialize-Chocolatey again.
----------
Once you've run initialize or upgrade, you can uninstall this package from the local project without affecting your chocolatey repository.
========================
"@ | Write-Host

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Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

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Chocolatey 2.3.0 9714894 Wednesday, June 5, 2024 Approved
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Chocolatey 2.1.0 6328781 Thursday, June 29, 2023 Exempted
Chocolatey 2.1.0-alpha-20230614 2251 Wednesday, June 14, 2023 Exempted
Chocolatey 2.1.0-alpha-20230608 1046 Thursday, June 8, 2023 Exempted
Chocolatey 2.0.0 9676800 Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Exempted
Chocolatey 2.0.0-beta-20230426 4173 Wednesday, April 26, 2023 Exempted
Chocolatey 2.0.0-beta-20230412 1792 Wednesday, April 12, 2023 Exempted
Chocolatey 2.0.0-beta-20230321 2092 Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Exempted
Chocolatey 2.0.0-alpha-20230307 1376 Tuesday, March 7, 2023 Exempted
Chocolatey 2.0.0-alpha-20230221 1211 Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Exempted
Chocolatey 2.0.0-alpha-20230124 1237 Tuesday, January 24, 2023 Exempted
Chocolatey 1.4.3 728 Monday, February 10, 2025 Approved
Chocolatey 1.4.1 231 Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Exempted
Chocolatey 1.4.0 2848840 Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Exempted
Chocolatey 1.3.1 5214690 Tuesday, March 14, 2023 Exempted
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Chocolatey 1.2.1 6479441 Tuesday, December 6, 2022 Approved
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Chocolatey 1.1.0 8372538 Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Exempted
Chocolatey 1.0.1 1055945 Thursday, March 24, 2022 Exempted
Chocolatey 1.0.0 872905 Monday, March 21, 2022 Exempted
Chocolatey 0.12.1 4191360 Tuesday, January 25, 2022 Exempted
Chocolatey 0.12.0 1089422 Tuesday, January 18, 2022 Exempted
Chocolatey 0.11.3 5644476 Wednesday, October 27, 2021 Exempted
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Chocolatey 0.11.1 3908064 Thursday, September 2, 2021 Exempted
Chocolatey 0.10.16-beta-20200806 15240 Thursday, August 6, 2020 Approved
Chocolatey 0.10.15 71793829 Monday, June 3, 2019 Approved
Chocolatey 0.10.15-beta-20190531 1292 Friday, May 31, 2019 Approved
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Chocolatey 0.9.10-rc1 755 Monday, June 13, 2016 Approved
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Chocolatey 0.9.9.1 8612 Tuesday, March 3, 2015 Approved
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Chocolatey 0.9.9-rc5 1161 Monday, February 9, 2015 Approved
Chocolatey 0.9.9-rc4 823 Sunday, February 8, 2015 Approved
Chocolatey 0.9.9-rc3 808 Saturday, February 7, 2015 Approved
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Chocolatey 0.9.9-rc1 802 Wednesday, February 4, 2015 Approved
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Chocolatey 0.9.9-beta2-20150202 818 Monday, February 2, 2015 Approved
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Chocolatey 0.9.8.32 263429 Thursday, January 22, 2015 Approved
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Chocolatey 0.9.8.29 57075 Friday, January 2, 2015 Approved
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Chocolatey 0.9.8.29-alpha1 779 Friday, January 2, 2015 Exempted
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Chocolatey 0.9.8.28-rc1 723 Sunday, November 2, 2014 Exempted
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Chocolatey 0.9.8.28-alpha1 820 Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Approved
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Chocolatey 0.9.5.0 1097 Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Approved
Chocolatey 0.9.4.0 1115 Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Approved
Chocolatey 0.9.3.0 1067 Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Approved
Chocolatey 0.9.2.0 1031 Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Approved
Chocolatey 0.9.1.0 1104 Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Approved
Chocolatey 0.9.0.0 1033 Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Approved
Chocolatey 0.8.0.0 1113 Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Approved
Chocolatey 0.7.0.0 1449 Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Approved

See all - https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

0.9.9.3

BUG FIXES

  • Fix - Install .NET Framework immediately during install - see #168
  • Fix - Do not error on Set-Acl during install/upgrade - see #163
  • Fix - Do not escape curly braces in powershell script - see #208
  • Fix - Formatting issues on --noop command logging - see #202
  • Fix - Uninstaller check doesn't find 32-bit registry keys - see #197
  • Fix - Uninstaller errors on short path to msiexec - see #211

IMPROVEMENTS

  • Some packages use non-API variables like $installArguments - see #207
  • Add Generate-BinFile to Helpers (widely used but never part of API) - see #145
  • Add Remove-BinFile to Helpers - see #195
  • Get-ChocolateyWebFile should create path if it doesn't exist - see #167

0.9.9.2

BUG FIXES

  • Fix - Allow passing install arguments again (regression in 0.9.9 series) - see #150
  • Fix - Allow apostrophes to be used as quotes - quoting style that worked with previous client - see #141
  • Fix - Shims write errors to stderr - see #142 and ShimGen #14

IMPROVEMENTS

  • Upgrade -r should always return a value - see #153

0.9.9.1

BUG FIXES

  • Fix - Get-BinRoot broken - see #144

0.9.9

This also includes issues that were being tracked in the old Chocolatey repository: Chocolatey 0.9.9.

The two links above will not capture everything that has changed, since this is a complete rewrite. We broke everything. If this were a v1+, it would be a major release. But we are less than v1, so 0.9.9 it is! ;)

Okay, so we didn't really break everything. We have maintained nearly full compatibility with how you pass options into choco, although the output may be a bit different (but better, we hope) and in at least one case, additional switches (or a feature setting) is/are required - we limited this to security related changes only.

We also fixed and improved a bunch of things, so we feel the trade off is well worth the changes.

We'll try to capture everything here that you should know about. Please call choco -? or choco.exe -h to get started.

KNOWN ISSUES

  • Known Issues
  • TEMPORARY install all is missing - this is expected to be back in 0.9.10 - see #23
  • Alternative sources (webpi,ruby,python,cygwin, windowsfeature) do not work yet. This is expected to be fixed in 0.9.10 - see #14
  • Progress bar is missing when downloading until we are using internal posh components for Packages - see #56
  • See Feature Parity for items not yet reimplemented from older PowerShell Chocolatey client (v0.9.8.32 and below).

BREAKING CHANGES

  • [Security] Prompt for confirmation: For security reasons, we now stop for confirmation before changing the state of the system on most commands. You can pass -y to confirm any prompts or set a value in the config that will globally confirm - see #52 (NOTE: This is one of those additional switches we were talking about)
  • [Security] If your default installation is still at c:\Chocolatey, this version will force a move to ProgramData and update the environment settings - see #7
  • Configuration Breaking Changes:
    1. You now have one config file to interact with in %ChocolateyInstall%\config - your user config is no longer valid and can be removed once you migrate settings to the config.
    2. The config will no longer be overwritten on upgrade.
    3. Choco no longer interacts with NuGet's config file at all. You will need to reset all of your apiKeys (see features for apikey). On the plus side, the keys will work for all users of the machine, unlike NuGet's apiKeys (only work for the user that sets them).
    4. This also means you can no longer use useNugetForSources. It has been removed as a config setting.
  • Packaging Changes:
    1. Choco now installs packages without version numbers on folders. This means quite a few things...
    2. Upgrading packages doesn't install a new version next to an old version, it actually upgrades.
    3. Dependencies resolve at highest available version, not the minimum version as before - see Chocolatey #415
  • Package Maintenance Changes:
    1. Read the above about apikey changes
    2. Read above about dependency resolution changes.
  • Deprecated/Removed Commands:
    1. installmissing has been removed. It was deprecated awhile ago, so this should not be a surprise.
    2. choco version has been deprecated and will be removed in v1. Use choco upgrade pkgName --noop or choco upgrade pkgName -whatif instead.
    3. Write-ChocolateySuccess, Write-ChocolateyFailure have been deprecated.
    4. update is now upgrade. update has been deprecated and will be removed/replaced in v1. Update will be reincarnated later for a different purpose. Hint: It rhymes with smackage pindexes.

FEATURES

BUG FIXES

Probably a lot of bug fixes that may not make it here, but here are the ones we know about.

IMPROVEMENTS

  • [Security] Allow keeping c:\chocolatey install directory with environment variable - see #17
  • [Security] Require switch on unofficial build - see #36
  • Install script updates - see #7
  • Ensure Chocolatey pkg is installed properly in lib folder - This means you can take a dependency on a minimum version of Chocolatey (we didn't like that before) - see #19
  • Uninstall - allow abort - see #43
  • Support for HTTPS basic authorization - see Chocolatey #128
  • Smooth out success/failure logging - see Chocolatey #154
  • Add $env:CHOCOLATEY_VERSION - see Chocolatey #251
  • Replace ascii cue with visual cues - see Chocolatey #376
  • Uninstall all versions of an app - see Chocolatey #389
  • Add parameters in packages.config files - see Packages.config, Chocolatey #472, and #10
  • Choco pack should support -version - see Chocolatey #526
  • Enhancements to Start-ChocolateyProcessAsAdmin - see Chocolatey #564
  • Install-ChocolateyFileAssociation - add label to new file types - see Chocolatey #564
  • Clean up the verobsity of Chocolatey - see Chocolatey #374
  • Compact choco upgrade --noop option - see Chocolatey #414
  • Remove references to the Chocolatey gods - see Chocolatey #669
  • Shims now have noop (--shimgen-noop) and help (--shimgen-help) switches - see ShimGen #8 and ShimGen #10
  • Shims will terminate underlying process on termination signal - see ShimGen #11
  • Shims now have gui (--shimgen-gui) and exit (--shimgen-exit) switches - see ShimGen #13 and ShimGen #12
  • Dat help menu tho. I mean srsly guise - see Chocolatey #641

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