From 2f740f6ea8eb36bf723d8ea902ceba221cdfa208 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Jensen Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 16:38:50 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Announce boxes choco package --- ...19-04-05-chocolatey-package-for-windows.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++ download.html | 24 ++++++++++++------- 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) create mode 100644 _posts/2019-04-05-chocolatey-package-for-windows.md diff --git a/_posts/2019-04-05-chocolatey-package-for-windows.md b/_posts/2019-04-05-chocolatey-package-for-windows.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0182730 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2019-04-05-chocolatey-package-for-windows.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "boxes available via 'choco install' on Windows" +date: 2019-04-05 16:15:00 +0200 +comments: false +--- + +*Boxes* is now available as a chocolatey package. [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/) (or just "choco") is the +popular package manager on Windows. If you have choco, you can now simply + +
C:\> choco install boxes.portable
+ +and *boxes* will be available on your system. + +The choco package is maintained by us, and you'll get the updates, too. + +Did you know that you can also install *boxes* using package managers on other platforms? + +- **MacOS:** `brew install boxes` +- **Linux:** `apt-get install boxes` diff --git a/download.html b/download.html index a27281a..0d6ffc7 100644 --- a/download.html +++ b/download.html @@ -13,17 +13,23 @@ The current release is **version {{ site.currentVersion }}**. For older revision *boxes* binaries are available on multiple platforms: -**Windows**\\ -[ZIP File with binary](https://github.com/{{ site.github }}/releases/download/v{{ site.currentVersion }}/boxes-{{ site.currentVersion }}-intel-win32.zip), -just extract and put it somewhere on the PATH. +**Windows** -**MacOS X**\\ -Just type `brew install boxes`.\\ -This works for both 32bit and 64bit MacOS. +- Option 1 - Using [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/): Just type `choco install boxes.portable` +- Option 2 - Install from ZIP: + [Download ZIP](https://github.com/{{ site.github }}/releases/download/v{{ site.currentVersion }}/boxes-{{ + site.currentVersion }}-intel-win32.zip), extract and put it somewhere on the PATH. Make sure to put boxes.exe and + boxes.cfg in the same directory. -**Linux**\\ -Just type `apt-get install boxes`.\\ -This works for Debian and debian-based Linuxes, such as Ubuntu, including the Windows 10 Ubuntu Subsystem. +**MacOS X** + +- Just type `brew install boxes`.\\ + This works for both 32bit and 64bit MacOS. + +**Linux** + +- Just type `apt-get install boxes`.\\ + This works for Debian and debian-based Linuxes, such as Ubuntu, including the Windows 10 Ubuntu Subsystem. ## Miscellaneous