How to import Chocolatey function, core and extension to PowerShell sessions?

Question

I find many Chocolatey helper functions:

C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\helpers\functions

and extension functions

C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\extensions\chocolatey-core

are very useful when you develop even non Chocolatey packages. Is there any way to import these function to Powershell scripts and Powershell Console sessions?

Answer 1

when you install chocolatey, it puts a few lines of code in your powershell profile that load the various extensions & functions. [grin] you can find the various profiles here ...

$Profile |
    Select-Object -Property *

you can find the choco files here ...

Get-ChildItem -Path env:\choc*

for me, the loader is here ...

C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\chocolatey\tools\chocolateyInstall\helpers\chocolateyProfile.psm1

the code in my profile that loads it is ...

Import-Module $ChocolateyProfile

Answer 2

There is a Chocolatey Package that seeks to help with this sort of thing as well. You can find it here:

https://chocolatey.org/packages/chocolateypowershell

Once installed, you can simply double click the icon that is placed on your desktop, and you will have a PowerShell Session that already has the Chocolatey pieces loaded into the session.

This approach can be useful if you only want those pieces loaded at certain times, and not always.