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Chocolatey is The Package Manager for Windows. It was designed to be a decentralized framework for quickly installing applications and tools that you need. It is built on the NuGet infrastructure and uses PowerShell as its focus for delivering packages.
$ winget install --id Chocolatey.Chocolatey --exact --version 2.7.2.0Run in Command Prompt, PowerShell, or Windows Terminal. Prompts for any agreements.
Chocolatey uses MSI (WiX). The silent install switches are /quiet /norestart.
msiexec.exe /i chocolatey-2.7.2.0.msi /quiet /norestart
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| Architecture | Type | Scope | Install | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| x86 | MSI WiX | machine | Direct |
Copy a command tailored to that specific architecture, type, and scope - useful when winget would otherwise pick a different default.
No known CVEs for Chocolatey.
Coverage is best-effort and depends on a winget package mapping to an NVD CPE entry. Absence here is not a guarantee of safety.
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