chocolatey / chocolatey/choco

choco-url to easily install a package via one click like with AptProtocol (apt://)

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Description

i'm not sure where to post this, so please bear with me if this is the wrong place!

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i like [AptProtocol](https://wiki.debian.org/AptProtocol) for its easiness to suggest installation of a package either on a website, in an email or in any other document via one click (resp. a second one to confirm it's installation).

IMHO a choco-protocol - or maybe also work with `apt://` - would be a nice tool to provide the simplest method possible to install packages from chocolatey.
e.g. `chocolateygui` is nice but i rather use https://chocolatey.org/packages to browse the packages because it provides more information. after that i have open powershell and type the install-command (which is ok), but noobs have to open `chocolateygui`, wait for a refresh and look for the correct package again to install it. instead of this bunch of additional steps and time a little "install now"-button at the homepage would ease the things a lot.

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Research direction

No source file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reviewing how the Chocolatey install command is exposed through PowerShell and how the chocolatey.org package page could invoke it; done would require a settled protocol design and an agreed one-click installation flow.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, powershell
Domain
cli, operating-systems, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
28/100

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