Hey, everyone.
So as we are discussing about package managers for Linux based operating systems, do you also know
that we have package managers for Windows operating system as well?
So you must be surprised to see this because generally we do not use any package managers to install
programs for us in Windows based home workstations.
We instead simply download those from their website, then we install it the normal way that we usually
do.
But we have a package manager for Windows, which is known as Chocolate.
The name may sound a little bit chocolatey here in this case, but yes, this is what we have.
So chocolate is one of the package managers which would work exactly the same that we use in our Linux
based operating systems like APT.
So what it does basically it helps us install, remove, upgrade and update packages in our computer.
It says that it basically simplifies the complex processes and saves our time for installing and removing
programs.
This looks really very awesome.
Let's see, how can we get started installing packages and what are the packages actually supported
by the community of chocolate or maybe the repository of chocolate?
So here you can see in total 4125 are package numbers are being supported.
So actually that's a big count.
Yeah.
We can also see the tools, for example, Google Chrome, Flash Player, Java, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft
Visual, See Notepad Plus plus seven zip VLC Media Player Python.
So here I can see the usual most necessary available tools are already there into the repository.
So how do we install it?
So let's assume I need to install the VLC Media Player latest version.
So I just need to copy this command which is Choco, install VLC and paste it on my terminal.
It would then install the tool for me.
Similarly Python Choco install python and this way it would install it for me in my computer.
I do not need to go to the website.
Try to open python dot org search.
Where is the download field and download the compatible version?
For me, this looks very, very easy and has simplified our process.
Now how do we install chocolate in our computer?
That again is very super simple.
As per the documentation with PowerShell, you can install it in a very, very easy manner.
You just need to follow this command and you need to paste that command onto your PowerShell terminal
and it would install it for you.
Now I do not have a Windows based operating system setup currently with me, so I would not be doing
this.
But if you guys want you can try it yourself and install chocolate in your computers and explore that
how it works for you.
So I hope you guys understood and maybe you got a new information this time that yeah, you can also
install a package manager which is built in for windows that can maybe help you and minimize your effort
for installing various tools.
Thank you.