# Chocolatey Chocolatey is a machine-level, command-line package manager and installer for Windows software. Project Homepage: [Chocolatey Homepage](https://chocolatey.org) --- ## Installation 1. Check the Execution Policy Run `Get-ExecutionPolicy`. If it returns `Restricted`, then run `Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned` or `Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process`. 2. Install Chocolatey ```powershell Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1')) ``` 3. Check if you install chocolatey ```powershell choco -? ``` --- ## Install software package ```powershell choco install ```