dev env setup

Development Environment Setup

Overview

Scripts for automating developer enviroment setup. Refer to this repository for updates.

Steps

1. Check the chocoPackages.config file to ensure all desired Chocolatey packages are there

   NOTE: You can search for Chocolatey packages to add at the Community Package Repository

   Be certain to confirm that a package has been marked as a trusted package and any checks have passed before adding it to your config file.

   To add an entry to the chocoPackages.config you will need to know the id of the package. For example if you know you want to install Python you may see that the command for CLI would be choco install python so the entry to make in the config file would be

   <package id="python" />

   Optionall, you can also specify a version if you need to install a specific version of a package, for example:

   <package id="python" version="3.9.10" />

   Additional details about what can go into the chocoPackages.config can be found at Packages.config

2. Optional, If installing any PowerShell modules, check the poshModules.config file

   This file is expecting the id of a module from the PowerShell Gallery

   Specify name of module id

   <module id="Az" />

3. Run setup.cmd as Administrator

4. Follow any prompts any the command window, these can vary depending upon what is being installed

5. Check for any errors

6. Reboot machine

Expected Installs

• Chocolatey (latest version) plus any patches
• All dependencies specified in your chocoPackages.config
• All modules specified in poshModules.config

See Also

• Set Up A Development Environment Using Chocolatey
• Install Command - choco install

Troubleshooting

407 Proxy Error

If you try to run the setup.cmd and get the following error

The remote server returned an error: (407) Proxy Authentication Required.

Then try adding these lines to the setup.ps1 file just beneath the Params ()

[System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy = [System.Net.WebRequest]::GetSystemWebProxy()
[System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy.Credentials = [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultNetworkCredentials 

Uninstalling Chocolatey

If you want to remove Chocolatey and ALL of the packages it has installed, follow the steps at How to Uninstall