But unlike simple installers, package installers also know about dependencies, which are other programs that the to-be-installed program requires, and they’ll install any missing dependencies for you automatically.
In this guise, they’re not much different than an EXE or MSI file. Package installers install programs and groups of related programs called packages. It was clearly past time to figure it out. Then along comes Windows PowerShell 5.0 Preview with a module called OneGet that works with Chocolatey. I’m probably one of five people on earth who really do not like chocolate, so I wasn’t too keen to learn about something called “Chocolatey.” But I kept hearing about Chocolatey and other “package installers,” such as NuGet, and I wanted to know what all of the fuss was about. Today, I welcome back guest blogger, June Blender. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Summary : Guest blogger and Honorary Scripting Guy, June Blender, talks about using Windows PowerShell and Chocolatey.
