Windows Package Manager (Preview)

[Arthur]

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We are thrilled to announce the Windows Package Manager preview!

 

If you’re already familiar with what a package manager is, feel free to skip this paragraph. If you’re still reading, you’re going to love this! A package manager is designed to help you save time and frustration. Essentially, it is a set of software tools that help you automate the process of getting software on your machine. You specify which apps you want installed, and it does the work of finding the latest version (or the exact one you specified) and installing it on your machine.

 

Just about every developer has wanted a native package manager in Windows. That day is finally here. You are going to be able to winget install your way to bliss. One of the best parts is that it is open source. I had to pinch myself when I was able to winget install terminal, and then winget install powershell, and then winget install powertoys. You get the idea, and If you do not see an app you use, just create a new manifest, and submit a pull request.

 

When can I try it?

As of today, the Windows Package Manager preview has been made open source. You can clone, build, run and test the code from the GitHub repository (https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli). There are other possibly easier ways to get your hands on it if that doesn’t sound appealing. Please continue reading.

 

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[mavhc]

choco install winget

 

It's weird the blog post mentions oneget, which I'm pretty sure is a) also microsoft and b) was renamed to nuget years ago. Don't Microsoft talk to Microsoft?