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Probably a simple question, but how do I get Chocolatey to list which packages are currently installed on my system?
When googling, I end up at the question below. It is related but slightly different, and it doesn't have a simple answer to my question.
Is there a way to list chocolatey packages with their install directory
choco list --local-only
Or:
clist -l
Source: https://chocolatey.org/docs/commands-list
This list all packages that are currently installed on your local machine, with version numbers.
λ choco list --local-only
Chocolatey v0.10.8
7zip.commandline 16.02.0.20170209
(...)
41 packages installed.
clist will be deprecated in v2, and --local-only can also be invoked with --localonly or simply -l.
Apr 8, 2022 at 2:22
clist is being deprecated, and further, choco list is changing to only list the currently installed packages, therefore, going forward, the --local-only option is not required. I have updated my answer below with information on the choco export command, which may also be useful.
Apr 4 at 6:34
UPDATE:
Starting with version 0.11.0 of Chocolatey CLI, there is now a choco export command, which allows the creation of a packages.config file, which includes a list of all the currently installed packages on teh machine.
Details on this command can be found here:
https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/choco/commands/export
After executing this command, and generating the file, you can then do the following on another machine, which would allow on packages to be installed there:
choco install <path_to_generated_file>
ORIGINAL ANSWER:
Another alternative would be to install the official Chocolatey GUI application. This includes a tab which shows all the currently installed applications in your machine.
To install it, simply do:
choco install chocolateygui
The GitHub Repository for Chocolatey GUI can be found here:
https://github.com/chocolatey/ChocolateyGUI
And a screenshot of the UI can be seen here:
C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib(or in$env:ChocolateyInstall). See what is in there.