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Look at the chocolateyinstall.ps1 file to see what it is doing (that is executed at install). The chocolateyUninstall.ps1, as you might expect is run before uninstall. Not all of those files exist in all packages. You can also see the Virus Total Virus Scan results by clicking Virus Scan Results > .
I used chocolatey a bit a few years back and liked it. Recently I have been back to linux, and after a break from windows am in a situation where I have to use it again. Im considering using chocolatey. My main concern is about security and currency. Compared with linux repos and package management, how does Chocolatey shape up?
Traditional package managers can run scripts / code / customisations on the installed software and deploy things other than software (license keys, files etc.). Winget can't do this. On the other hand Chocolatey can do this which makes it a package manager and not just a tool that installs software created in a limited number of formats.
Official Subreddit of Chocolatey Software. Chocolatey aims to automate the entire software lifecycle from install through upgrade and removal on Windows operating systems. We aim to simplify complex processes through a single unifying interface allowing you to control the chaos. Chocolatey for Business allows organizations to adopt a DevOps approach that can easily manage your Windows ...
pauby. • 3 mo. ago. Just for clarity, Chocolatey products work with the Windows operating system. Homebrew doesn't work on the Windows operating system (it works under Windows on WSL only, which is effectively a Linux VM). In that, you can't compare them. I don't use Homebrew, so I can't provide a comparison in terms of features you'd know about.
If chocolatey is supposed to be modelling something like apt-get, the repos should be just as secure and verifiable. They just aren't right now, and that's what's causing a lot of us to avoid it. I have it in my production environment, but I will be creating my own repo for now.
A large benefit of Chocolatey is supposedly that it tracks the version you have — making it convenient to update, etc. However with software such as vs code, updates are so frequent and are ideally done through the app itself such that chocolatey can no longer keep track of the version. One method I’m considering is to cinst non-gui apps ...
Chocolatey itself is stable and ready for production - it has been for many years in my opinion. I recall back in the day there were concerns about some of the packages not being properly vetted. Oh, don't ever blindly trust whatever you download from the internet! This is no different from Linux repos, make sure you,
Chocolatey works perfectly, but since winget is only available from the Store it cannot be used in this way at all. I feel for the poor programmers who were obviously passionate about this product, who's work has been made irrelevant by some managers decision to only distribute via Store.
Try to use the .install version of chocolatey packages when available; they should run through the installer (normally silent and fully automated as much as possible). .portable versions are meant to be an installer-free type of version (less system crud like registry bloat); those files had to go somewhere and with some organizational rules; devs opted for a more official place that wasn't ...