Windows 10: PowerShell PackageManagement (OneGet) - Install Apps from Command Line

Kari,
Thanks so much for your quick reply - no apology necessary. I appreciate your many informative posts, especially your tutorials. Guess I was trying to be too "fancy" when just a (powerful) one-liner was all that was needed.

Rich

 

Got the time to do this last night but earlier in the process, I bumped into a road block. Same result for both 10049 and leaked 10056. I was logged in on MS account on 10049 but that didn't help.

 

You have not installed Chocolatey repositories?

Do this, list numbers referring to screenshot below:

• Check that you have Unrestricted script execution policy, cmdlet is Get-Executionpolicy. If not use Set-Executionpolicy Unrestricted to change it if working on an elevated PS, or Set-Executionpolicy Unrestricted -Scope CurrentUser if working with non-elevated PS
• Add Chocolatey provider with Get-PackageProvider Chocolatey, accept it by clicking Yes in dialog which will be shown
• Check that Chocolatey and NuGet providers were added (adding Chocolatey automatically adds NuGet)
• Now you should be able to see all package sources

 

Or just this and run as Admin..

Code: # Install Programs Get-Packageprovider Chocolatey Install-Package ` emet, ` skype, ` 7zip, ` AdobeReader, ` notepadplusplus, ` virtualbox, ` treesizefree, ` ccleaner, ` speccy, ` google-chrome-x64 ` -force[/quote]

 

I was following the tut and chocolatey is suppose to come later in the process. I will give it another go tonight. Will let you know. Thanks!

 

That must mean that I have explained things in tutorial in wrong order, will fix it tonight when finished with what I am doing now. Thanks for pointing that out.

On a lighter note, I know you have been thinking that I am perfect but as you can see, although as perfect as possible for a human being, even I make mistakes *Wink. This now is the fifth mistake I have made, the four first ones being my ex-wives.

 

Hahaha... good one Kari....
I never made that mistake with my wife. It took us 8 years before we decided to get married despite her parents' disapproval. I had plenty of time to decide. *Smile

Anyway, I got stuck in Part 2. Chocolatey is Part 3. *Smile

 

It was not a joke...

I was 22 when I divorced first time, our kids being then 2 years the older son and 6 months the younger son. You have to start early to learn how to do it!

I'm from Finland, we count as 1, 3, 2, 4, 5, and so on.

 

@badrobot, once more thanks for pointing out an error in the tutorial. I have now edited the step 2.3 by adding a note:

Anyway, did you get OneGet working?

 

You're welcome Kari. I didn't get the chance to do it again yet. But I will definitely get back to it. Will let you know.

EDIT
@Kari ,

Yeah, I got OneGet to work but some packages were not found like putty, handbrake, etc. But basically I got it to work. I just need to find the right packages that work.





Thanks for your assistance. Much appreciated.
Thanks for the rep, too! *Smile

 

If I try Find-Package with 10-12 packages I get the following as indicated in attachment. If I reduce the number of package items to 7-8, no errors and then I can install those items. Any work arounds or am I stuck with just installing fewer packages at a time?

Rich

 

That is a very rare error message, I have ever only seen it before when trying to use PowerShell to run a set of commands on several virtual machines running on a VMWare vSphere ESXi host. I will set up a test machine later tonight and test this further.

Only help I can find from the Internet involves some coding. I will take this up in the next OneGet community meeting, in the mean time please do not install more than 8 apps at the time, if this amount can be installed without an error as you mentioned.

 

@Rich, I tested it on a test rig. I get the Find-Package and Install-Package commands to work with 10 apps, the 11th causes the WaitHandler error.

 

Thanks very much for your testing and help. I'll keep watch for further developments.

Rich

 

Kari,
Tried my hand with a short script and different approach and was successful. This is what I did:
<#
# $MyPackages is array of packages to be installed
#>


$MyPackages = "audacity", "ccleaner", "cdburnerxp", "classic-shell", "defraggler", "everything", "firefox -RequiredVersion 37.0.1", "googleearth", "opera-beta", "lastpass", "malwarebytes", "picasa", "revouninstallerpro", "skype", "speccy", "teamviewer","thunderbird", "treesizefree", "utorrent", "vlc", "windirstat"


foreach ($item in $MyPackages)
{$item
Install-Package $item -WhatIf
}