CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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bssyy78
bssyy78

Reputation: 349

error when trying to install chocolatey via powershell : cannot connect to remote server

I am trying to install chocolatey by following official documentation (https://chocolatey.org/install), this is what I am doing :

1-I am opening a cmd.exe running as administrator
2-I am running the following command : powershell and then switch into powershell mode
3-I am running the following command : $PSVersionTable.PSVersion and then get the following result : major:5 minor:1 build:16299 revision:785
4-I am running the following command : Get-ExecutionPolicy and then get the following result : RemoteSigned
5-I am running the following command : Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('http
s://chocolatey.org/install.ps1')) and get the following error :

Exception calling "DownloadString" with "1" argument(s): "Unable to connect to the remote server"
At line:1 char:51
+ ... ess -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('ht ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebException

I am working in a company (our os is windows 10 enterprise), and when trying or any colleague machine it's working perfectly and there is no (from what we have seen) any configuration difference between them and me.

Thanks in advance

Upvotes: 7

Views: 6603

Answers (2)

Mahdi Porkar
Mahdi Porkar

Reputation: 209

try disable own antivirus , and try again , I had same issue and by disable antivirus you can run command in power shell

Upvotes: 0

Bernard Moeskops
Bernard Moeskops

Reputation: 1283

There is nothing wrong with the code you tried. Basically, it is telling you that you are unable to connect, which might be a restriction or policy. Try the following:

$req = [System.Net.HttpWebRequest]::Create("https://www.google.com") 
$req.Proxy = [System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy 
$req.Proxy.Credentials = [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultCredentials

Then run the comment again. It has something to do with the credentials used in windows 10 for the request.

Upvotes: 2

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