λ choco /? This is a listing of all of the different things you can pass to choco.
Commands
* list - lists remote or local packages * search - searches remote or local packages (aliasfor list) * info - retrieves package information. Shorthand for choco search pkgname --exact --verbose * install - installs packages from various sources * pin - suppress upgrades for a package * outdated - retrieves packages that are outdated. Similar to upgrade all --noop * upgrade - upgrades packages from various sources * uninstall - uninstalls a package * pack - packages up a nuspec to a compiled nupkg * push - pushes a compiled nupkg * new - generates files necessary for a chocolatey package from a template * source - view and configure default sources * sources - view and configure default sources (aliasforsource) * config - Retrieve and configure config file settings * feature - view and configure choco features * features - view and configure choco features (aliasfor feature) * apikey - retrieves or saves an apikey for a particular source
* setapikey - retrieves or saves an apikey for a particular source (aliasfor apikey) * unpackself - have chocolatey set itself up * version - [DEPRECATED] will be removed in v1 - use `choco outdated` or `cup <pkg|all> -whatif` instead * update - [DEPRECATED] RESERVED for future use (you are looking for upgrade, these are not the droids you are looking for)
Please run chocolatey with `choco command -help` for specific help on each command.
How To Pass Options / Switches
You can pass options and switches in the following ways:
* Unless stated otherwise, an option/switch should only be passed one time. Otherwise you may find weird/non-supported behavior. * `-`, `/`, or `--` (one character switches should not use `--`) * **Option Bundling / Bundled Options**: One character switches can be bundled. e.g. `-d` (debug), `-f` (force), `-v` (verbose), and `-y` (confirm yes) can be bundled as `-dfvy`. * NOTE: If `debug` or `verbose` are bundled with local options (not the global ones above), some logging may not show up until after the local options are parsed. * **Use Equals**: You can also include or not include an equals sign `=` between options and values. * **Quote Values**: When you need to quote an entire argument, such as when using spaces, please use a combination of double quotes and apostrophes (`"'value'"`). In cmd.exe you can just use double quotes (`"value"`) but in powershell.exe you should use backticks (`` `"value`" ``) or apostrophes (`'value'`). Using the combination allows for both shells to work without issue, except for when the next section applies. * **Periods in PowerShell**: If you need to pass a period as part of a value or a path, PowerShell doesn't always handle it well. Please quote those values using "Quote Values" section above. * **Pass quotes in arguments**: When you need to pass quoted values to to something like a native installer, you are in for a world of fun. In cmd.exe you must pass it like this: `-ia "/yo=""Spaces spaces"""`. In PowerShell.exe, you must pass it like this: `-ia '/yo=""Spaces spaces""'`. No other combination will work. In PowerShell.exe if you are on version v3+, you can try `--%` before `-ia` to just pass the args through as is, which means it should not require any special workarounds. * Options and switches apply to all items passed, so if you are installing multiple packages, and you use `--version=1.0.0`, choco is going to look for and try to install version 1.0.0 of every package passed. So please split out multiple package calls when wanting to pass specific options. Default Options and Switches -?, --help, -h Prints out the help menu. -d, --debug Debug - Show debug messaging. -v, --verbose Verbose - Show verbose messaging. Very verbose messaging, avoid using under normal circumstances. --trace Trace - Show trace messaging. Very, very verbose trace messaging. Avoid except when needing super low-level .NET Framework debugging. Available in 0.10.4+. --acceptlicense, --accept-license AcceptLicense - Accept license dialogs automatically. Reserved for future use. -y, --yes, --confirm Confirm all prompts - Chooses affirmative answer instead of prompting. Implies --accept-license -f, --force Force - force the behavior. Do not use force during normal operation - it subverts some of the smart behavior for commands. --noop, --whatif, --what-if NoOp / WhatIf - Don't actually do anything.
-r, --limitoutput, --limit-output LimitOutput - Limit the output to essential information
--timeout, --execution-timeout=VALUE CommandExecutionTimeout (in seconds) - The time to allow a command to finish before timing out. Overrides the default execution timeout in the configuration of 2700 seconds. '0'for infinite starting in 0.10.4.
-c, --cache, --cachelocation, --cache-location=VALUE CacheLocation - Location for download cache, defaults to %TEMP% or value in chocolatey.config file.
--allowunofficial, --allow-unofficial, --allowunofficialbuild, --allow-unofficial-build AllowUnofficialBuild - When not using the official build you must set this flag for choco to continue.
--failstderr, --failonstderr, --fail-on-stderr, --fail-on-standard-error, --fail-on-error-output FailOnStandardError - Fail on standard error output (stderr), typically received when running external commands during install providers. This overrides the feature failOnStandardError.
--use-system-powershell UseSystemPowerShell - Execute PowerShell using an external process instead of the built-in PowerShell host. Should only be used when internal host is failing. Available in 0.9.10+.
--no-progress Do Not Show Progress - Do not show download progress percentages. Available in 0.10.4+.
--proxy=VALUE Proxy Location - Explicit proxy location. Overrides the default proxy location of ''. Available for config settings in 0.9.9.9+, this CLI option available in 0.10.4+.
--proxy-user=VALUE Proxy User Name - Explicit proxy user (optional). Requires explicity proxy (`--proxy` or config setting). Overrides the default proxy user of ''. Available for config settings in 0.9.9.9+, this CLI option available in 0.10.4+.
--proxy-password=VALUE Proxy Password - Explicit proxy password (optional) to be used with username. Requires explicity proxy (`--proxy` or config setting) and user name. Overrides the default proxy password (encrypted in settings ifset). Available for config settings in 0.9.9.9+, this CLI option available in 0.10.4+.
--proxy-bypass-list=VALUE ProxyBypassList - Comma separated list of regex locations to bypass on proxy. Requires explicity proxy (`--proxy` or config setting). Overrides the default proxy bypass list of ''. Available in 0.10.4+.
--proxy-bypass-on-local Proxy Bypass On Local - Bypass proxy forlocal connections. Requires explicity proxy (`--proxy` or config setting). Overrides the default proxy bypass on local setting of 'True'. Available in 0.10.4+.
--log-file=VALUE Log File to output to in addition to regular loggers. Available in 0.1- 0.8+. Chocolatey v0.10.8