Chocolatey

Install Chocolatey

Install with PowerShell...

Note: With PowerShell, you must ensure Get-ExecutionPolicy is not Restricted. We suggest using Bypass to bypass the policy to get things installed or AllSigned for quite a bit more security.

Run:

Get-ExecutionPolicy.

If it returns Restricted, then run:

Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned
# or
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process

Then run:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

ref: https://chocolatey.org/install

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@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%systemdrive%\chocolatey\bin

Ref: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/IsTheWindowsUserReadyForAptget.aspx

Install Package

choco install [PACKAGE]
# or
cinst [PACKAGE]

List Intalled

choco list

Remove Package

choco uninstall [PACKAGE]

Upgrade Package

chocolatey upgrade [PACKAGE]

# OR (warning shim is being removed)
cup [PACKAGE]

Upgrade All Packages

choco upgrade all
choco upgrade all -y

# OR (warning this shim is being removed, so install unofficial cup-shim)
cup all

ref: [1]

cup-shim

cup Redirect Shim (unofficial)

choco install cup-shim

ref: https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/cup-shim

Package List Online

https://community.chocolatey.org/packages

Install Custom Package From Source Path

choco install [PACKAGE] --source //smb.oeey.com/chocolatey/packages

Clear Cache

%temp%\Chocolatey

%temp%\

choco install choco-cleaner

choco-cleaner

choco install choco-cleaner

ref: https://superuser.com/questions/1371668/how-to-clear-chocolatey-cache-in-the-free-version

Logs

C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\logs

Favorite Packages

choco install -y putty
choco install -y kitty
choco install -y notepadplusplus
choco install -y cygwin cyg-get
choco install -y 7zip
choco install -y openhashtab
choco install -y filezilla
choco install -y irfanview irfanviewplugins
choco install -y winmerge
choco install -y openssh
choco install -y grep
choco install -y gnuwin32-coreutils.install
choco install -y microsoft-windows-terminal
# choco install -y microsoft-windows-terminal --pre
choco install -y git
choco install -y greenshot
choco install -y pwsh
choco install -y procexp
choco install -y wget
choco install -y gnuwin
choco install -y ptime

All:

choco install -y --upgrade putty kitty notepadplusplus cygwin cyg-get 7zip openhashtab filezilla irfanview irfanviewplugins winmerge rsync openssh grep gnuwin32-coreutils.install microsoft-windows-terminal git greenshot pwsh procexp wget gnuwin ptime cup-shim

# procps-ng for "watch", moreutils for "ts" (from within cygwin)
cyg-get procps-ng moreutils

putty

choco install -y putty

kitty

choco install -y kitty

notepadplusplus

choco install -y notepadplusplus

cygwin

choco install -y cygwin

Manually add cygwin bins to path:

setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin"

Note: "For better functionality, it is recommended you install the cyg-get package. Use the cyg-get utility to add packages to your Cygwin installation."

cygwin cyg-get

choco install cyg-get

ref: https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/cyg-get

# procps-ng for "watch", moreutils for "ts" (from within cygwin)
cyg-get procps-ng moreutils

watch

Install the standard linux "watch" command...

cyg-get procps-ng

watch ls /

ts

Add timestamps to file output

cyg-get moreutils

cat (some pipe or large file) | ts

Nov 08 11:21:34 test

7zip

choco install -y 7zip

openhashtab

choco install -y openhashtab

filezilla

choco install -y filezilla

Irfanview

choco install -y irfanview irfanviewplugins

winmerge

choco install -y winmerge

rsync

choco install -y rsync

grep

choco install -y grep

openssh

choco install -y openssh

Installing OpenSSH on Windows 10
https://dejulia489.github.io/2017-05-07-InstallingOpenSSHOnWindows10/

Installs to:

C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\openssh

Reinstall:

choco install openssh --params "/SSHServerFeature" --force

Install opensshd

Script:

"C:\Program Files\OpenSSH-Win64\install-sshd.ps1"

Install with:

powershell -file "C:\Program Files\OpenSSH-Win64\install-sshd.ps1"

Generate host private keys:

 "C:\Program Files\OpenSSH-Win64\ssh-keygen.exe" -A

Access to those hosts private keys

   Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Program Files\OpenSSH-Win64\ssh_host_*_key' | % {    
	   $acl = get-acl $_.FullName
	   $ar = New-Object  System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule("NT Service\sshd", "Read", "Allow")
	   $acl.SetAccessRule($ar)
	   Set-Acl $_.FullName $acl
	}

TODO:

• need to comment out these to not break:

#Match Group administrators
#       AuthorizedKeysFile __PROGRAMDATA__/ssh/administrators_authorized_keys

Firewall:

New-NetFirewallRule -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 22 -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -DisplayName SSH

Auto start service after reboot:

Set-Service SSHD -StartupType Automatic
Set-Service SSH-Agent -StartupType Automatic

Might need to copy default config:

dir "C:\Program Files\OpenSSH-Win64\sshd_config"
# if not found...
Copy-Item "C:\Program Files\OpenSSH-Win64\sshd_config_default" "C:\Program Files\OpenSSH-Win64\sshd_config"

Modify the Password Authentication and add the Powershell Subsystem

$FilePath = "C:\Program Files\OpenSSH-Win64\sshd_config"
$FileData = (Get-Content $FilePath).Replace('#PasswordAuthentication yes','PasswordAuthentication yes')
#  $FileData += 'Subsystem	powershell C:\Program Files\PowerShell\6.0.0-alpha.18\powershell.exe -sshs -NoLogo -NoProfile' 
$FileData += 'Subsystem powershell C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\powershell.exe -sshs -NoLogo -NoProfile'
$FileData | Out-File $FilePath -Force

Restart service:

Restart-Service sshd

NOTE: If service fails to start, check event log.

Remote to Linux server:

Enter-PSSession -HostName $LinuxServerIP -UserName administrator

Query service:

sc query sshd

Install ptime

"ptime will run any specified command and parameters, and measure the execution time (run time) in seconds, accurate to 5 millisecond or better. It is an automatic process timer, or program timer used for benchmark purposes."

similar to linux 'time' command to time commands'

choco install ptime

choco ptime - https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/ptime

http://www.pc-tools.net/files/win32/freeware/ptime-10.zip

ref: [2] [3]

More Packages

greenshot

choco install greenshot

Open Java JDK

choco install openjdk

• https://download.java.net/java/GA/jdk22.0.2/c9ecb94cd31b495da20a27d4581645e8/9/GPL/openjdk-22.0.2_windows-x64_bin.zip
  • C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey\openjdk\22.0.2\openjdk-22.0.2_windows-x64_bin.zip
  • C:\Program Files\OpenJDK
  • PATH environment variable does not have C:\Program Files\OpenJDK\jdk-22.0.2\bin

ref: https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/openjdk

keeper password security

choco install microsoft-vclibs-140-00 keeper

• https://aka.ms/Microsoft.VCLibs.x86.14.00.Desktop.appx
  • C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\microsoft-vclibs-140-00\tools\Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx

firefox

choco install firefox

Package Source: https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-129.0.1-ssl&os=win64&lang=en-US

googlechrome

choco install googlechrome

vlc

choco install -y vlc

adobereader

choco install adobereader

wsl

choco install -y wsl 
choco install wsl-ubuntu-1804

postman

choco install -y postman

vscode

visual code

choco install -y vscode

https://update.code.visualstudio.com/1.94.0/win32-x64/stable
 C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey\vscode.install\1.94.0\VSCodeSetup-x64-1.94.0.exe
  C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Visual Studio Code\Visual Studio Code.lnk
 "C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe"

slack

choco install -y slack

git

choco install git

gh

GitHub CLI

choco install gh

gimp

choco install gimp

ccleaner

choco install ccleaner

winscp

choco install winscp

Windows Terminal

choco install microsoft-windows-terminal

ref: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

Windows Terminal Preview

Beta

choco install microsoft-windows-terminal --pre 

ref: https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/microsoft-windows-terminal

ipmicfg

choco install ipmicfg

ERROR: The remote name could not be resolved: 'ftp.supermicro.com'
(blocked by firewall) 

ref: https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/ipmicfg

package source: ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/utility/IPMICFG/IPMICFG_1.27.1_build.170901.zip

Gnu CoreUtils

CoreUtils includes things like cat, tail, etc...

choco install gnuwin32-coreutils.install

https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/

List of utilities:

https://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/coreutils.htm

ref: https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/gnuwin32-coreutils.install

NOTE: Need to manually add "C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin" to your PATH

setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin"

Alternative is to add Cygwin bin to your path!

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuwin32/files/coreutils/5.3.0/coreutils-5.3.0.exe
$url = 'http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuwin32/files/coreutils/5.3.0/coreutils-5.3.0.exe'
$silentArgs = '/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART' #InnoSetup
C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin

GnuWin

"The GnuWin project provides Win32-versions of GNU tools, or tools with a similar open source licence. The ports are native ports, that is they rely only on libraries provided with any standard 32-bits MS-Windows operating system. Unlike CygWin or Msys, native ports do not rely on some kind of Unix emulation, so that there is no need to install additional emulation libraries."

choco install gnuwin

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/getgnuwin32/getgnuwin32/0.6.30/GetGnuWin32-0.6.3.exe

https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/GnuWin

Artifactory JFrog CLI

choco install jfrog-cli

Powershell

See https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/powershell

choco install powershell

Powershell Core

"PowerShell Core is the open source multiplatform version of PowerShell"

See https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/pwsh

choco install pwsh

Process Explorer

choco install procexp

run with:

procexp

This path is in %PATH%

C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\procexp\tools

Process Explorer
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

Apache

choco install apache-httpd

OpenJDK

choco install openjdk

choco install openjdk --version=21.0.2

ref: https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/openjdk/21.0.2

Paint.net

choco install paint.net

HW Monitor

choco install hwmonitor

Package Source: https://www.cpuid.com/downloads/hwmonitor/hwmonitor_1.54.exe

See also #Heavy Load

CPU-Z

choco install cpu-z

aka cpuid cpuz

Heavy Load

choco install heavyload

Package Source: https://downloads.jam-software.de/heavyload/archive/v3.9.1.354/HeavyLoad-x64-Setup.exe

See also #HW Monitor

winget

choco install winget.powershell

You can pass the following parameters:

/core - Installs the module in the AllUsers scope for PowerShell Core;
/desktop - Installs the module in the AllUsers scope for Windows PowerShell (ie. Desktop Edition);

You can pass both /core and /desktop parameters to install on both. If you pass no parameters then /desktop is assumed.

ref: https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/winget.powershell

64bit Python 3

Install:

choco install -y python3

Ref: https://chocolatey.org/packages/python3

Deprecated Packages

32bit Python 2.7

Install:

choco install -y python2-x86_32
choco install -y python2-x86_32 pip

Ref: https://chocolatey.org/packages/python2-x86_32

64bit Python 2.7

Install:

choco install -y python2

Ref: https://chocolatey.org/packages/python2