High level overview of Chocolatey
Understand what Chocolatey is
Learn why Chocolatey was created - what pain points does it solve?
Learn what the Chocolatey Community Repository is and when you should, and should not, use it
Understand the process when you submit a package to the Chocolatey Community Repository

The world of package managers

A sad and brief comparison

To install PowerShell Core on Linux:

apt install -y powershell
yum install -y powershell
pacman -S powershell

To install PowerShell Core on Mac:

brew cask install powershell

To install PowerShell Core on Windows:

Next, Next, Next

Through Chocolatey, now Windows can install PowerShell Core:

choco install powershell-core -y

Chocolatey manages packages.

Packages manage installers.

Chocolatey does not manage installers.

What is a Chocolatey package:

Special Zip file with a .nupkg extension
Commonly called ‘nupkeg’ or ‘noo package’ due to file extension
It contains metadata, PowerShell scripts and sometimes other files
Builds on NuGet package framework while remaining compatible with v2 repositories

packagename.nuspec

chocolateyInstall.ps1

googlechrome.msi

What can a Chocolatey package do:

chocolateyInstall.ps1

chocolateyBeforeModify.ps1

chocolateyUninstall.ps1

Community Repository is at https://community.chocolatey.org hosted by Chocolatey
Chocolatey uses it as the default ‘chocolatey’ package source
The repository is an OData Nuget v2 feed
Vast majority of packages created by volunteer maintainers
Some vendors maintain their own packages
Repository is for the many and not the few - use is monitored
Licensing is important - does not have redistribution rights

Monthly website stats as of November 2021:

	Push		`choco push mypackage.1.0.0.nupkg --api-key="'123456'"`

	Received		Package Validator Package Verifier Package Scanner Human Moderator

	Approved		Monthly Package Verifier

We know what Chocolatey is
We know what pain point it solves
We learned what the Chocolatey Community Repository is
We followed the process when you submit a package to the Chocolatey Community Repository

pau.by/talks