Follow that with the command line / PowerShell methods of installation.The default is a more secure location that only administrators can update. You must choose a different location than the default.NOTE: This will only work with the methods below that call as part of the install. chocolateyUseWindowsCompression - this will bypass the download and use of 7zip.chocolateyVersion - controls what version of Chocolatey is installedĬan I use Windows built-in compression instead of downloading 7zip? Yes.Set the following environment variable prior to install: NOTE: This will only work with the methods below that call as part of the install.Ĭan I install a particular version of Chocolatey? Yes chocolateyProxyUser / chocolateyProxyPassword - optional credentials.chocolateyProxyLocation - explicit proxy location.Set the following environment variable(s) prior to install:

To do so, you would do similar to Proxy-Settings-for-Chocolatey However some proxies will need to be set explicitly.

Copy/Move over the items from the old lib/bin directory.Ĭhocolatey will detect and use a system set proxy.

If you have already installed (and want to change the location after the fact):.

Create a machine level ( user level will also work) environment variable named ChocolateyInstall and set it to the folder you want Chocolatey to install to prior to installation (this environment variable must be set globally or available to PowerShell- it is not enough to simply make it available to your current command prompt session).

Great question - Why does Chocolatey install where it does Before You InstallĬan I install Chocolatey to another location? Yes Why does Chocolatey install where it does by default? Three commands in succession and you are done. If you have Visual Studio 2010 and the NuGet extension installed, perhaps the quickest method is to use NuGet Package Manager. Chocolatey exists as a nuget package so virtually any way you can get a nuget package, you have the opportunity to then install it. There are a few ways to install Chocolatey.

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