Install and update software with Chocolatey

Installing and updating software on Windows takes time: find the website, download, click through an installer. With Chocolatey, a package manager for Windows, you do it with one command. Handy for your own PC and for admins who maintain many devices.

Install Chocolatey

1. Go to chocolatey.org/install and copy the install command.
2. Open PowerShell as administrator, paste the command and press Enter.
3. Check with choco -v.

Install and update software

choco search vlc
choco install googlechrome 7zip vlc -y
choco upgrade all -y
choco list

Chocolatey or winget?

• winget is built into Windows 10 and 11 and uses packages maintained by Microsoft and the community. Read use winget.
• Chocolatey has been around longer, has a very large package library and a paid edition for businesses.
• For managed PCs in an organization, prefer Intune, optionally with winget or Chocolatey in a script. See deploy Win32 apps with Intune.

Read also

Install and update software with winget on Windows
Package and deploy Win32 apps with Microsoft Intune
Install, update and use PowerShell 7 on Windows

Nederlandstalige versie: Software installeren en bijwerken met Chocolatey

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