I have choco installed in my Windows 10 PC. Now, I am trying to install Erlang and Elixir. When I am running the command choco install erlang or choco install elixir, I am getting the following error :
Installing the following packages:
erlang
By installing you accept licenses for the packages.
Progress: Downloading erlang 22.0... 100%
erlang not installed. An error occurred during installation:
Access to the path 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\erlang' is denied.
erlang package files install completed. Performing other installation steps.
The install of erlang was NOT successful.
erlang not installed. An error occurred during installation:
Access to the path 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\erlang' is denied.
Chocolatey installed 0/1 packages. 1 packages failed.
See the log for details (C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\logs\chocolatey.log).
Failures
- erlang (exited 1) - erlang not installed. An error occurred during installation:
Access to the path 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\erlang' is denied.
From the message it is clear that the file is downloaded successfully, but the installation permission is denied. So what to do to fix this error?
The default installation of Chocolatey installs to the programdata folder. As a result, any usage of Chocolatey needs to happen from an elevated, or administrative, shell.
If you open an administrative PowerShell or Command prompt window, and re-run the installation command, they should work as expected.
It is possible to do an an administrative installation of Chocolatey if that is what is required. Check:
https://chocolatey.org/install
For more information on options there.