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In This Episode

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Rob Reynolds about Chocolatey

Interview

Guests - Rob Reynolds

Links

  [http://chocolatey.org](http://chocolatey.org/)

  [http://github.com/chucknorris](http://github.com/chucknorris)

  [http://devlicio.us/blogs/rob_reynolds](http://devlicio.us/blogs/rob_reynolds)

  [http://ferventcoder.com](http://ferventcoder.com/)

  [http://twitter.com/ferventcoder](http://twitter.com/ferventcoder)

  [http://octopusdeploy.com](http://octopusdeploy.com/)

  [http://www.myget.org](http://www.myget.org/)

  [http://nuget.org](http://nuget.org/)

The Question -

Superhero: Hiro

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Chatroom Banter

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[22:22:16] http://chocolatey.org/

[22:23:34] http://nuget.org/

[22:24:32] a Visual Studio extension that makes it easy to install and update third-party libraries and tools

[22:26:20] http://docs.castleproject.org/

[22:26:41] http://docs.castleproject.org/Windsor.MainPage.ashx

[22:31:24] http://www.myget.org/

[22:32:07] paste the command from the site into your CMD prompt

[23:10:48] Kick the bucket == A common theory is that the idiom comes from a method of execution such as hanging, or perhaps suicide, in the Middle Ages.[3] A noose is tied around the neck while standing on an overturned bucket. When the pail is kicked away, the victim is hanged.

[23:50:50] so I’m still checking out this Chocolatey stuff…just to clarify it goes out and finds the bits to install, then silent installs for me?

[23:51:01] yep

[23:51:09] best example is just to do it

[23:51:32] @powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command “iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString(‘http://bit.ly/psChocInstall'))" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%systemdrive%chocolateybin

[23:51:43] in a command line

[23:51:47] followed by

[23:51:59] it’s a powershell module that it installs?

[23:52:15] cinst 7zip.commandline

[23:52:31] chocolatey is a collection of powershell modules

[23:52:37] but they don’t end up in your profile at all

[23:52:47] where do they go?

[23:52:48] because in the end chocolatey is a command line application

[23:52:58] oh

[23:53:03] chocolatey.cmd ends up on the path

[23:53:06] so does it get installed to add/remove programs?

[23:53:10] nope

[23:53:28] it works (darn it, should have mentioned this) in low privilege environments

[23:53:33] not that I would want to, but how would you uninstall?

[23:53:48] delete the folder

[23:53:54] oh

[23:53:57] and update the path reference