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The term 'choco' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet

Vedanth Pulipati 241 Reputation points
2022-02-15T12:27:34.88+00:00

i am trying to install some software's using the package manger chocolatey using in automation process in windows VM.
first using az command i have run the chocolatey

az vm run-command invoke -g $resourceGroupName -n $serverName --command-id RunpowerShellScript --scripts "[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))"

after it's installed i tried to run python package

az vm run-command invoke --command-id RunPowerShellScript -g $resourceGroupName -n $serverName --scripts "choco install python -y"

while installing python i am facing the below issue

"message": "choco : The term 'choco' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet

post python i have written cmd to install git using chocolatey git has been installed successfully but not sure why i am having issue with the python installation.

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  1. XinGuo-MSFT 22,231 Reputation points
    2022-02-17T06:39:17.42+00:00

    Hi,

    The best way to install Python through Windows Command Prompt will be through Chocolatey (Windows Package Manageer).

    Steps to install python 3 will be as follows :-

    Open CMD using 'Run as Administrator'.

    Download and Install Chocolatey using the following command. 

    @"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"

    Download and install python using the following command. 

    choco install -y python3

    You can check the version to verify if Python was successfully installed as follows. 

    python --version
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  1. Alan Kinane 16,951 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-02-15T12:55:02.15+00:00

    I suspect the chocolatey installation did not complete. This runs a PowerShell script so you will need to change the execution policy first to allow this to run successfully.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.security/set-executionpolicy?view=powershell-7.2

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