WinGet Windows Package Manager
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In this video let us see the details on Winget Windows Package Manager.
Today Microsoft announced the preview of the Windows Package Manager called WinGet, not all planned functionality is available at this time.
The winget command-line tool enables developers to discover, install, upgrade, remove, and configure applications on Windows 10 computers. This tool is the client interface to the Windows Package Manager service.
There are several ways to install the winget tool
The winget tool is included in the flight or preview version of Windows App Installer.
You must install the preview version of App Installer to use winget. To gain early access, submit your request to the Windows Package Manager Insiders Program - @InsiderProgram
Participate in the Windows Insider flight ring - @
Install the Windows Desktop App Installer package located in the release folder of the winget repository - @ft/winget-cli/releases
Build your own from the source code - @ft/winget-cli
After App Installer is installed, you can run winget by typing 'winget' from a Command Prompt.
winget show firefox
winget search visual
winget search micro
You can install the tool by typing winget install appname. The winget tool will launch the installer and install the application on your PC.
winget install powertoys
winget install powertoys
winget --help
The current preview of the winget tool supports the following types of installers.
EXE
MSIX
MSI
You can author batch scripts and powershell scripts to install multiple applications
"Install.bat"
@echo off
Echo Install Powertoys and Terminal
REM Powertoys
winget install Microsoft.Powertoys
if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 Echo Powertoys installed successfully.
REM Terminal