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Installing Docker via PowerShell with Chocolatey

Why Chocolatey

Chocolatey is a cloud-based package manager that lets you search for, install, update, and remove applications and tools through commands.
https://chocolatey.org/install

Installing Chocolatey

  1. Run PowerShell as an administrator and enter the following command:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))  

P.S. If installation fails, try deleting the folder C:\ProgramData\chocolatey and running it again.

Installing applications and tools through Chocolatey

  1. You can browse Chocolatey's available packages and install commands here:
    https://community.chocolatey.org/packages

  2. Run PowerShell as an administrator and enter the following command:

choco install docker-desktop -y

Sample script

function Install-Chocolatey {
    try {
        Invoke-Expression ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'));
    }
    catch {
        $ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message;
        $FailedItem = $_.Exception.ItemName;
        Write-Host $ErrorMessage + $FailedItem;
        return $false;
    }
    return $true;
}

Write-Host "Install chocolatey"

Install-Chocolatey;

Write-Host "Install Docker Software"

choco install docker-desktop -y
choco install docker-compose -y
choco install docker-kitematic -y

References

Author

Mark Ku

擁有 10+ 年經驗的資深軟體工程師,現為 AI 應用 Builder,專注於大型平台架構與簡化複雜系統設計,從電商系統到訂閱與收費平台,結合 AI Agent、AI 整合與自動化開發,打造高效率且可持續演進的產品技術基礎。Read More

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