au
ChocoButler
| au | ChocoButler | |
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| 4 | 1 | |
| 220 | 30 | |
| - | - | |
| 4.3 | 0.0 | |
| over 1 year ago | over 2 years ago | |
| PowerShell | PowerShell | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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au
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So according to Repology, Nix has an insane lead on available packages, but somehow has around a tenth of AURs maintainers. How does Nix also manage to be the most up to date?
I created au framework for chocolatey (Windows OS) and on packages that are cross platform, it made choco above Arch on freshness: https://github.com/majkinetor/au
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Is there some centralized source to get the most recent version numbers of often used software?
Having said that, you may want to look into the source code for each package you're interested in. Many of them use the Chocolatey Automatic Package Updater Module, and had to solve this exact problem in some way to help automate updates. I've seen approaches varying from scraping a web page, querying an API, or even downloading the binary and looking at its FileVersionInfo struct.
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Novice to Package Managers, Interested in Chocolatey
There are a lot of packages out there where you can customise the install location. If you want to automatically fetch from suppliers and create your own packages then you probably want to look at the automatic package updater with AppVeyor: https://github.com/majkinetor/au/wiki
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WinGet is terrible. I want AppGet back
> I mean, it is a chocolatey, because they allow multiple packaged for the same software.
I think this is more healthy then having one with maintainers refusing to do stuff you may need. The real thing would be for vendors releasing packages but we are far from that in Windows land.
> I meant that packages are often not updated by the maintainers.
Yeah, that was the problem far more before then today. I created AU to solve that issue [1].
[1]: https://github.com/majkinetor/au
ChocoButler
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ChocoButler: a new automatic upgrader for Chocolatey packages
I've made a small windows app for Chocolatey (in Powershell) that sits in the system tray, monitors for outdated packages, alerts when they appear, and allows them to be upgraded. It's available on github, along with a readme, and screenshots.
What are some alternatives?
oneget - PackageManagement (aka OneGet) is a package manager for Windows
ChocoPackages - Chocolatey packages I maintain
Versions - 📦 A Scoop bucket for alternative versions of apps.
windows-playbook - Windows setup and configuration via Ansible.
wixsharp - Framework for building a complete MSI or WiX source code by using script files written with C# syntax.
choco-screen-resolution - Sets the screen resolution on Windows virtual machines (VMs)
wix3 - WiX Toolset v3.x
zunesoftware - Zune software Chocolatey package source.
OSD - OSD Shared Functions
Sophia-Script-for-Windows - :zap: The most powerful PowerShell module on GitHub for fine-tuning Windows 10 & Windows 11
ts_block - Blocks IP addresses generating invalid Terminal Services logons
chocolatey-hooks - Chocolatey Community managed repository for hook packages.