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I gave up on Choco because it got too hard. I could never tell which package I should install, I was never sure if I should be installing from an elevated promp
by amanzi 8y ago
I gave up on Choco because it got too hard. I could never tell which package I should install, I was never sure if I should be installing from an elevated prompt or not, and then they added a bunch of premium plans to choose between with a confusing feature matrix.
- GordonS 8y agoI really want Chocolately to suceed, but so many packages are outdated, and there are a lot of duplicates, so you often don't know which one you should get. I find the web UI very clunky too.
- yyyymmddhhmmss 8y agoHave you ever tried to uninstall Chocolatey? When I tried doing that for the first time, it was a terror so I never looked back.
- stuaxo 8y agoMost things seem to want an elevated prompt to install, I wish the failure modes were better. It also seems pretty slow, having to download stuff to even tell if it can install a package.
- tracker1 8y agoI have to partially agree... I usually create .cmd scripts for windows that have what is needed, with enough checks to rarely have interference, there are some things that don't come out right sometimes though. The question for me is, can I get all the VS build tools, python 2.7.x and 3.x, git for windows and node.js all installed and where it will work from a command prompt with scoop? Setting up a new developer is the primary use for the scripts I have currently. I have one for windows (chocolatey) and one for mac (homebrew), I wouldn't mind if the one for windows was cleaned up a lot.