windows-powershell-install-chocolatey.md

Windows Powershell install Chocolatey

Download Chocolatey to simplify installing software.

To Install Chocolatey, you must...

Open Windows Powershell as Administrator

1. Click Windows Button
2. Type powershell
3. Click ctrl + shift + enter
4. Choose Yes

At this point, you should be in a window that says Administrator: Windows Powershell

5. Type cd $HOME or cd ~ and then click enter to change to your user directory

Install Chocolatey

You must be in Windows Powershell as Administrator to do the following steps:

1. Copy & Paste the following:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

more info here

2. Click enter
3. Type a and then enter
4. Wait until complete
5. After waiting, type choco --help and then click enter -- this should output the information on chocolatey commands

Choco Install Node.js & Git

Open Windows Powershell as Administrator and have Chocolatey installed to easily install Node.js and Git

1. Copy & Paste the following:

choco install -y nodejs
choco install -y git

2. Click enter
3. Wait until complete... may need to hit enter a bunch of times...
4. After it is complete, type exit and then click enter
5. open powershell
6. type node -v and then click enter -- it should return the nodejs version
7. type git and then click enter -- it should return information about git