Choco Operations

Manage choco (Chocolatey) packages (https://chocolatey.org).

Facts used in these operations: choco.ChocoPackages.

choco.install

Stateless operation

This operation will always execute commands and is not idempotent.

Install choco (Chocolatey).

choco.install**kwargs,    )

Note

This operation also inherits all global arguments.

choco.packages

Add/remove/update choco packages.

choco.packages(packages: 'str | list[str] | None' = None, present=True, latest=False,
     **kwargs,
)

  • packages: list of packages to ensure

  • present: whether the packages should be installed

  • latest: whether to upgrade packages without a specified version

Versions:

Package versions can be pinned like gem: <pkg>:<version>.

Example:

# Note: Assumes that 'choco' is installed and
#       user has Administrator permission.
choco.packages(
    name="Install Notepad++",
    packages=["notepadplusplus"],
)

Note

This operation also inherits all global arguments.