CommandsInstall - Nilzor/chocolatey GitHub Wiki
Installs a package or a list of packages in a packages.config.
choco install packageName or shortcut with
cinst packageName or cinst packages.config
##Multiple installs - v0.9.8.21+
choco install pkg1 pkg2 pkgN
###Workaround for earlier versions of chocolatey:
- PowerShell -
'pkg1','pkg2','pkgN' | %{ cinst $_ } - Cmd Shell -
FOR %%G IN (pkg1, pkg2, pkgN) DO (cinst %%G)
##Parameters ###PackageName Name of package to install. May be repeated.
This allows you to keep your packages in a feed somewhere and maintain that feed over maintaining a file.
When this is specified you must also pass in a source that is not MS official or Chocolatey official as the hit would likely be way too big.
Example choco install all -source http://myget.org/somefeed
###Packages.config - v0.9.8.13+
Alternative to PackageName. This is a list of packages in an xml manifest for chocolatey to install. This is like the packages.config that NuGet uses except it also adds the source element. This can also be the path to the packages.config file if it is not in the current working directory.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<packages>
<package id="apackage" />
<package id="anotherPackage" version="1.1" />
<package id="chocolateytestpackage" version="0.1" source="somelocation" />
</packages>###Prerelease flag (optional) - v0.9.8.15+
Whether to include prerelease packages in results.
This is optional if you explicitly ask for a specific version that is a pre-release package. You can pass this as -pre or -prerelease. If you use this when installing multiple packages, all specified packages will install a prerelease if there is one available.
Defaults to false.
###Version (optional) The version of the package to install. Do not use this when installing multiple packages.
Defaults to the latest version available.
###Source (optional) Source (directory, share or remote url feed) the package comes from. You can specify multiple sources by separating with a comma and single quotes surrounding source. If you use source for multiple packages, watch out for interesting results.
Example -source 'http://chocolatey.org/api/v2/;http://someother/feed/'
Defaults to official chocolatey feed.
This specifies the source is Ruby Gems and that we are installing a gem. If you do not have ruby installed prior to running this command, the command will install that first.
This specifies the source is Web PI and that we are installing a WebPI product, such as IISExpress. If you do not have the Web PI command line installed, it will install that first and then the product requested.
This specifies the source is Cygwin and that we are installing a cygwin package, such as bash. If you do not have Cygwin installed, it will install that first and then the product requested.
This specifies the source is Python and that we are installing a python package, such as Sphinx. If you do not have easy_install and Python installed, it will install that first and then the product requested.
Parameters that you want to pass to the package (if the package accepts these). You can pass this as -params -parameters or -packageparameters.
Note: You should pass this as 'value1=somevalue;value2=''value with spaces'''. Powershell strips off double quotes so if you need to pass double quotes for values, you should 'value1=''some value'' ' using two single quotation marks instead of a ". Chocolatey will convert this back to double quotes (e.g. value1="some value" for the above).
For package creators: You would pick this up as $env:chocolateyPackageParameters and expect it to be a string that you need to parse.
Defaults to ''.
###InstallArguments (optional) - v0.9.8.13+
Install arguments that you want to pass to the native installer (if you have some custom ones that you know). By default this appends to the items already passed, unless you also pass -overrideArguments. You can pass this as -ia -installArgs or -installArguments.
Note: You should pass this as '/value1 /value2'. Powershell strips off double quotes so if you need to pass double quotes for values, you should '/value1=''some value'' ' using two single quotation marks instead of a ". Chocolatey will convert this back to double quotes (e.g. /value1="some value" for the above).
Defaults to ''.
###OverrideArguments flag (optional) - v0.9.8.13+
If you want to override the original install arguments (for the native installer) in the package and use your own. Use with InstallArguments.
You can pass this as -o -override -overrideArgs or -overrideArguments.
Defaults to false.
###NotSilent flag (optional) - v0.9.8.13+
If you want to use the native installer to step through the installer, use -notSilent to have chocolatey download the package and installer and bring it up for you.
Defaults to false.
###IgnoreDependencies flag (optional) - 0.9.8.21+
If you want to install something but ignore all of the dependencies, use -ignoreDependencies to force chocolatey to only install the package and not any of it's dependencies.
Defaults to false.
###Forcex86 flag (optional) - v0.9.8.22+
If you want to install the 32 bit version of a package, you can pass -x86 and chocolatey will ignore the 64 bit url and only use the 32 bit url. This only applies on an x64 system when you are installing packages that also have x64 versions. You can pass this as -x86 or -forcex86.
Defaults to false.
##Examples
choco install nunit
choco install nunit -version 2.5.7.10213
choco install nunit -version 2.5.7.10213 -source http://somelocalfeed.com/nuget
cinst nunit -version 2.5.7.10213 -source http://somelocalfeed.com/nuget
cinst nunit -source \\someserver\someshare
cinst nunit -source c:\somefolder
cinst nunit -source 'http://chocolatey.org/api/v2/;c:\somefolder'
cinst nodejs.install -installArgs '/qb'
cinst nodejs.install -installArgs '/qb /bob=''a value''' -override -note that the /bob=''a value'' will be converted to /bob="a value".
cinst nodejs.install -notSilent
cinst packages.config
choco install git ruby python
choco install python -x86
##Screenshots Installing mSysGit silently:
NHProf:
Statlight:
Git-Tfs:
