To which folder does Chocolatey download the packages before installing them?

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Lernkurve picture Lernkurve · Jul 17, 2016 · Viewed 7.4k times · Source

I've looked into C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib.

Each package I've installed has its own folder and some content like this:

C:.
|   notepadplusplus.nupkg
|
\---tools
        chocolateyInstall.ps1

But there are no files like notepadplusplus.msi or notepadplusplus.zip.

Does Chocolately remove the package itself after the installation to save harddisk space?

Is there no local cache somewhere?

Answer

Lernkurve picture Lernkurve · Jul 17, 2016

The local cache defaults to the TEMP folder located at:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey

The cache can also be controlled through the config value cacheLocation, which can be set to a different location, which is useful when the TEMP directory is not allowed for downloads.

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