Chocolatey will perform a search for a package local or remote and provide
detailed information about that package. This is a synonym for
choco search <pkgname> --exact --detailed.
NOTE: New as of 0.9.10.0.
choco info [<options/switches>]
choco info chocolatey
choco info googlechrome
choco info powershell
NOTE: See scripting in [[how to pass arguments|CommandsReference#how-to-pass-options--switches]] (choco -?) for how to
write proper scripts and integrations.
Exit codes that normally result from running this command.
Normal:
- 0: operation was successful, no issues detected
- -1 or 1: an error has occurred
Enhanced:
- 0: operation was successful, no issues detected
- -1 or 1: an error has occurred
- 2: no results (enhanced)
NOTE: Starting in v0.10.12, if you have the feature 'useEnhancedExitCodes' turned on, then choco will provide enhanced exit codes that allow better integration and scripting.
If you find other exit codes that we have not yet documented, please file a ticket so we can document it at https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/new/choose.
NOTE: Options and switches apply to all items passed, so if you are
running a command like install that allows installing multiple
packages, and you use --version=1.0.0, it is going to look for and
try to install version 1.0.0 of every package passed. So please split
out multiple package calls when wanting to pass specific options.
Includes [[default options/switches|CommandsReference#default-options-and-switches]] (included below for completeness).
-?, --help, -h
Prints out the help menu.
-d, --debug
Debug - Show debug messaging.
-v, --verbose
Verbose - Show verbose messaging. Very verbose messaging, avoid using
under normal circumstances.
--trace
Trace - Show trace messaging. Very, very verbose trace messaging. Avoid
except when needing super low-level .NET Framework debugging. Available
in 0.10.4+.
--nocolor, --no-color
No Color - Do not show colorization in logging output. This overrides
the feature 'logWithoutColor', set to 'False'. Available in 0.10.9+.
--acceptlicense, --accept-license
AcceptLicense - Accept license dialogs automatically. Reserved for
future use.
-y, --yes, --confirm
Confirm all prompts - Chooses affirmative answer instead of prompting.
Implies --accept-license
-f, --force
Force - force the behavior. Do not use force during normal operation -
it subverts some of the smart behavior for commands.
--noop, --whatif, --what-if
NoOp / WhatIf - Don't actually do anything.
-r, --limitoutput, --limit-output
LimitOutput - Limit the output to essential information
--timeout, --execution-timeout=VALUE
CommandExecutionTimeout (in seconds) - The time to allow a command to
finish before timing out. Overrides the default execution timeout in the
configuration of 2700 seconds. '0' for infinite starting in 0.10.4.
-c, --cache, --cachelocation, --cache-location=VALUE
CacheLocation - Location for download cache, defaults to %TEMP% or value
in chocolatey.config file.
--allowunofficial, --allow-unofficial, --allowunofficialbuild, --allow-unofficial-build
AllowUnofficialBuild - When not using the official build you must set
this flag for choco to continue.
--failstderr, --failonstderr, --fail-on-stderr, --fail-on-standard-error, --fail-on-error-output
FailOnStandardError - Fail on standard error output (stderr), typically
received when running external commands during install providers. This
overrides the feature failOnStandardError.
--use-system-powershell
UseSystemPowerShell - Execute PowerShell using an external process
instead of the built-in PowerShell host. Should only be used when
internal host is failing. Available in 0.9.10+.
--no-progress
Do Not Show Progress - Do not show download progress percentages.
Available in 0.10.4+.
--proxy=VALUE
Proxy Location - Explicit proxy location. Overrides the default proxy
location of ''. Available for config settings in 0.9.9.9+, this CLI
option available in 0.10.4+.
--proxy-user=VALUE
Proxy User Name - Explicit proxy user (optional). Requires explicity
proxy (`--proxy` or config setting). Overrides the default proxy user of
'123'. Available for config settings in 0.9.9.9+, this CLI option
available in 0.10.4+.
--proxy-password=VALUE
Proxy Password - Explicit proxy password (optional) to be used with
username. Requires explicity proxy (`--proxy` or config setting) and
user name. Overrides the default proxy password (encrypted in settings
if set). Available for config settings in 0.9.9.9+, this CLI option
available in 0.10.4+.
--proxy-bypass-list=VALUE
ProxyBypassList - Comma separated list of regex locations to bypass on
proxy. Requires explicity proxy (`--proxy` or config setting). Overrides
the default proxy bypass list of ''. Available in 0.10.4+.
--proxy-bypass-on-local
Proxy Bypass On Local - Bypass proxy for local connections. Requires
explicity proxy (`--proxy` or config setting). Overrides the default
proxy bypass on local setting of 'True'. Available in 0.10.4+.
--log-file=VALUE
Log File to output to in addition to regular loggers. Available in 0.1-
0.8+.
-s, --source=VALUE
Source - Source location for install. Can use special 'webpi' or
'windowsfeatures' sources. Defaults to sources.
-l, --lo, --localonly, --local-only
LocalOnly - Only search against local machine items.
--version=VALUE
Version - Specific version of a package to return.
--pre, --prerelease
Prerelease - Include Prereleases? Defaults to false.
-u, --user=VALUE
User - used with authenticated feeds. Defaults to empty.
-p, --password=VALUE
Password - the user's password to the source. Defaults to empty.
--cert=VALUE
Client certificate - PFX pathname for an x509 authenticated feeds.
Defaults to empty. Available in 0.9.10+.
--cp, --certpassword=VALUE
Certificate Password - the client certificate's password to the source.
Defaults to empty. Available in 0.9.10+.
[[Command Reference|CommandsReference]]
NOTE: This documentation has been automatically generated from choco info -h.