

You can see what's available by browsing the Chocolatey package repository.

Type "A" for "Yes for all" into the console and then press enter to acknowledge this prompt and complete the installation.Ĭhocolatey supports thousands of different programs. Some programs may prompt you to run scripts during their installation. You'll then find it in your Start menu as if you'd run the installer yourself. You'll see progress information displayed in your console as VLC is added to your system.
#Choco vlc install
This will download and install VLC Media Player to your system, without requiring any action on your part. Next, copy and paste the following line of script and press enter: To install Chocolatey, open PowerShell from the Start menu.

Chocolatey also has an optional graphical interface which we'll explore later. Don't worry if you're new to console applications – type commands as shown in the documentation and you shouldn't run into any issues. Today, we'll explore Chocolatey, which is an alternative Windows package manager with a slightly stronger focus on user-facing desktop applications.Ĭhocolatey is primarily controlled from the command line. That article also contains further discussion of the advantages of terminal package managers over Windows' graphical installers, so we encourage you to read it if you're still new to the concept. We recently took a look at Scoop, which is a simple and approachable package manager solution. There's now growing interest in bringing these benefits across to Windows, through the use of third-party package managers.
#Choco vlc software
Unix systems have an alternative approach though, with software installs handled by package managers which require minimal user input and are often controlled through the command line. It's a routine you're probably familiar with as it's barely changed over Windows' lifetime, since software began to be distributed online.
