Windows Package Manager (WinGet)

[Sushubh]

APT for Windows 10!

Uploaded : PKL - Thurrott.com

www.thurrott.com

 

[Sushubh]

Windows Package Manager Preview

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...

devblogs.microsoft.com

 

[Sushubh]

GitHub - microsoft/winget-cli: WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface).

WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface). - micros...

github.com

 

[Navjot Singh]

The Day AppGet Died.

The story of how Microsoft embraced and then killed AppGet.

keivan.io

Microsoft called the developer of Appget for an interview but never got back. 6 months later, they announced Winget which is heavily inspired by Appget.
Result: Appget is shutting down on August 1.

 

[Navjot Singh]

AppGet 'really helped us,' Microsoft says, but offers no apology to dev for killing open-source package manager

 

[Sushubh]

Windows Package Manager 1.0

We started a journey to build a native package manager for Windows 10 when we announced the Windows Package Manager preview at Microsoft Build 2020. We released the project on GitHub as an open-source collaborative effort and the community engagement has been wonderful to experience! Here we are...

devblogs.microsoft.com

 

[Sushubh]

this seems now also detect existing apps on your system that were not installed through winget and tries to update them.

but it seems to be a mess as it keeps on updating the same apps again and again. i had to stop the process because it turned into an infinite mess.