AUMC - Instructions for the use of Chocolatey

AUMC - Instructions for the use of Chocolatey

How to install software through Chocolatey

Note: For AUMC users Chocolatey is only available through the VM template "Windows-AUMC-CV2/1.0.0".

Step-by-step:

1. Launch Chocolatey GUI. For the CV2 template there should be desktop shortcut to the application.

2. Launching the application might prompt a User Account Control pop-up, asking you to confirm if you want to allow the software to make changes to your device. Select 'Yes'.

3. The Chocolatey user interface should now open. Click on 'AUMC' on the left side of the window to navigate to the available software packages.

           

4. Select the software package you wish to install by double-clicking on the icon. This will also show some additional information about the software package, like the version number or a description. Click on 'Install' in the bottom right corner.

5. Depending one the software it might take a short while for the installation to start. The installation will work like a regular installation from a downloaded .exe or similar file.

6. Once the installation is complete Chocolatey will mark the package as installed in the AUMC overview window.

Important things to note:

1. Chocolatey only allows for one concurrent user. While you can log into a VM with up to two users, Chocolatey will not open if the other user already has the application opened. However, all the programs installed will be available to all users of the VM.

2. The installation of Anaconda and R/RStudio will also automatically configure the proxy-settings as described in the articles Proxy configurations Anaconda (mydre.org) and R/RStudio installation using domain allowlisting on Windows VMs (mydre.org). Only the proxy settings will be configured however. The domain allowlisting still needs to be done through the workspace menu as described here: Domain and IP Allowlisting [External Access] (mydre.org).

3. If you are planning on using Jupyter Notebook, please keep in mind that using it through Microsoft Edge can have some compatibility issues. For a better experience, install Google Chrome (also available in Chocolatey) as well and set it to be the default browser. This should ensure that Jupyter Notebook always uses Google Chrome to launch.

Available software packages:

  1. 7-zip
  2. Adobe Acrobat Reader
  3. Anaconda 3
    1. version 2022.10, packaged with Python 3.9
    2. version 2024.02, packaged with Python 3.11
  4. Git (version 2.46.2)
  5. Google Chrome (version 121.0.6167.139)
  6. MATLAB (version 2023.0)
  7. MiKTeX (version 24.1.0)
  8. Microsoft Office 2021 (version 16.0.14332.20736)
  9. Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 (version 14.38.33135)
  10. Miniconda
    1. version 24.5.0, packages with Python 3.9
  11. Notepad++ (version 8.6.0)
  12. OpenOffice (version 4.1.15)
  13. QuPath (version 0.5.0)
  14. R (version 4.4.1)
  15. RStudio (version 2024.4.2)
  16. RTools (version 4.4.0)
  17. SPSS Statistics (Version 28.0.1, packaged together with MS Visual C++ for dependency) 
  18. Stata SE 17
  19. VLC media player
  20. Visual Studio Code (version 1.85.0)




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