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There has been an (albeit poor) package manager for some time: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/cc748979(v=ws.10).aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en
by xyzzy_plugh 12y ago
There has been an (albeit poor) package manager for some time: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/cc748979(v=ws.10).aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/cc748979(v=ws.10)...
I've personally struggled with it to fix corrupt updated installed by windows updates, and while it doesn't meet the bar set by mainstream Linux distro package managers, it is a package manager nonetheless.
- agumonkey 12y agoAmazing how Microsoft keep stuff in obscurity.
- w-ll 12y agoBlame marketing.
- xpaulbettsx 12y agoNot quite the same - while internally it is basically how you describe, pkgmgr.exe (or more properly CBS/CSI, http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2008/04/23/understanding-component-based-servicing.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2008/04/23/unders...), is solely for servicing Windows itself. Users can't create packages.