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Unless I can rely it being somewhat available, it's not really feasible to use. It's a bit like writing scripts in fish because it's easily installable - nobody
by maccard 4y ago
Unless I can rely it being somewhat available, it's not really feasible to use. It's a bit like writing scripts in fish because it's easily installable - nobody is going to use it.
Winget isn't bundled with windows 10 either, (but I think it is with 11), and it's not on windows server.
If I need to install a package manager _and_ a shell, I might as well just install WSL and be done with it.
- WorldMaker 4y agoWinget is auto-installed in Windows 10 by Windows Update and/or Store Update for every copy of Windows 10 with a recent enough build for more than a year or two, so long as that machine doesn't have the Store disabled or blocked. It is bundled inside the "Application Installer Platform" which is a low-level Store package that powers a lot of little things like the "double-click to install an MSIX file" experience and Windows generally keeps up to date quickly if Store updates aren't blocked. I can't speak to your usage of Windows Server, but provisioning winget and PowerShell 7+ are standard bootstrapping steps in VM images at places I work, because those are generally assumed to be basic equipment at this point.