Monday, April 11, 2022

Winget

 There is an awesome command line tool you can use in Windows 10 and 11 to update installed apps on your computer from the command line.  


It's called winget 

In the Microsoft app store download and install App Installer from Microsoft


Once installed here are the basic winget commads


  • winget install <package> —install a package
  • winget uninstall <package> — remove package
  • winget upgrade – update software package
  • winget list – list installed apps on Windows
  • winget show <package> — display the package info
  • winget source <options> — manage repositories
  • winget search <search_string> — search for packages in repositories
  • winget export – export the list of installed programs to a file
  • winget import – installation of programs (packages) according to the list in the file
  • winget hash <package> — get a package installer hash
  • winget validate <package> — to validate a manifest file



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