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

Question

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.

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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