• How To Use Chocolatey Windows 7

I’ve administered both Windows and Linux systems for close to two decades now. Honestly, while Linux is a fantastic operating system and very appropriate in many respects for many applications, I’ve long preferred Windows for its generally better ease of use and polish. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t pined for certain Linux features when using Windows — and a package management system is one of them. Luckily, there are a couple of package management tools for Windows, and best of all, both are open source and free. The premise behind package management systems Linux distributions have had package management options for a while.

How To Use Chocolatey Windows 7

Installing a particular version of Chocolatey; Use Windows built-in compression instead of downloading 7zip; Installing with restricted TLS; Non-Administrative install; Install from PowerShell v3+ With PowerShell, there is an additional step or two. You must ensure Get-ExecutionPolicy is not Restricted.