Still seems somewhat random.Īnyway, there are two versions of however it is pronounced: a free version and a Pro version with additional features that is also, or so it is claimed, faster due to enhanced caching. The company website contends that it should be pronounced "nin-ite" but, in my humble opinion, that's not actually better and it isn't how most people will pronounce it when they see the name for the first time. I have to mention the product name, "Ninite." I do not like it. The Scoop wiki has a nice write-up comparing Scoop and Chocolatey.Ninite was released 18 months ago and, since I first looked at it about a year ago, has matured and has been expanded in terms of the number of software titles it can manage. While some of these tools may be available through Chocolatey, the Scoop ecosystem is designed with such tools in mind.
Scoop also seems natural for installing command-line tools that you might miss from Unix-like systems, such as Linux or Mac. If you do not have Admin access to your system (for instance, this is a shared server with Remote Desktop access), then Scoop is the right choice. Apps will not by default show in the start menu, and if plugins or addons expect to find the installation in a certain directory (looking at you, OBS Studio!), there will be some inconvenience and tedious setup.
By default, it installs packages to ~/scoop/ and this is both a strength and a confusion point. Scoop is designed for developers who have an affinity for Unix. In an Admin-level PowerShell window, the following should work, provided you have set the ExecutionPolicy as above:Įnter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Scoop: non-Admin by default, installs in user directory The applications will have shortcuts in your start menu, and possibly on your desktop. In general, installing one of these packages, such as Google Chrome, will require elevated Admin privileges, and will install it where you would expect (likely C:\Program Files\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\). Chocolatey: conventional install locations, as AdminĬhocolatey can install from a community repository with thousands of packages. This policy will "win" when you are logged in. The second line means that all scripts and configuration files downloaded from the Internet must be signed by a trusted publisher, but scripts you write yourself will work, for the current user. The first line means that all scripts and configuration files on this computer must be signed by a trusted publisher, even if you write them yourself. Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode
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