Some folks might be running into this currently as there’s an issue with the current version (1.9.5.20150319) of the git.install package. This can be gotten around by installing the previous version with: choco install git.install -version 1.9.5.20150114
run your command prompt as administration then run command “choco install nodejs”
According to this forum thread the .install suffix is a discoverability artefact. Just use the shorter name: choco install git
You just need to add the –all to the end of your request. You can also add -v for verbose output. Choco list packagename –all
If you have a look at the help information for the choco install command (you can do this using choco install -h, you will find the following usage: cinst <pkg|packages.config> [<pkg2> <pkgN>] [<options/switches>] As you will see, it is possible to pass a packages.config file, which would contain all the packages that you want to … Read more
In most cases you will likely want to perform an uninstall and then an install. > choco uninstall virtualbox > choco install virtualbox –version 4.3.26 In almost all cases, the question is not whether Chocolatey will support it, but whether the underlying software supports a downgrade. With respect to MSIs, they don’t always support downgrades … Read more
As Rob points out, -y will skip the prompts for a given command. If you’d rather not be bothered with confirmation prompts at all, you can set the option globally. The following enables allowGlobalConfirmation, which will install or update without confirmation prompts. choco feature enable -n=allowGlobalConfirmation If you ever want to turn the prompts back … Read more
Try choco upgrade all -y (or cup all -y). One can create a scheduled task to run in the evenings that would do this.