How do I install Chocolatey packages offline?

Question

I am trying to automate to set up a developer machine software installation. Chocolatey is good to install packages when you connected to the Internet. Is there a way to install

Answer 1

So, I have created a Nullsoft installer that needed to install Chocolatey packages from an offline computer. These are the overall steps:

1. Download the Chocolatey packages to a temporary directory with:

   NuGet.exe Install some_package_name -OutputDirectory C:\Temp\ChocoPackages -ExcludeVersion
   

2. In the Nullsoft script, add these lines to pick up the download packages:

   nsExec::Exec 'choco feature disable -n=allowGlobalConfirmation'
   

   SetOutPath "${TmpPath}ChocoPackages" File /r "C:\Temp\ChocoPackages*.*"

3. While still in the Nullsoft script, use this command to install a Chocolatey package from the temporary directory that the files were placed at during the install process:

   choco install --Source "${TmpPath}ChocoPackages" ${Name_Of_ChocoPackage} --acceptlicense --yes