Microsoft has finally revealed a long requested feature; a Windows package manager called Winget that allows you to easily install applications from the command line. Commonly used in Linux to install ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft surprised Windows users with a new package manager yesterday. It’s a ...

Have you ever wondered how easy it would be if every time you upgraded to a new operating system, changed your computer, or reinstalled the old operating system, you could type a command, and all the ...

It's exhausting, and if you're someone who reinstalls Windows regularly, the repetitive nature of app management becomes ...

The Windows Package Manager is an extremely efficient way to install software. Here's how to get started. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

If you’re really, really sick of the Microsoft Store, Microsoft now offers a return to the glorious days of the command line interface. Meet App Installer, Microsoft’s new package manager for Windows.

At its Build 2020 conference, which had to be held as an online-only event this time around due to the coronavirus outbreak, Microsoft had a bunch of announcements to make, some of which include new ...

In the Linux world, package managers catalog and install the software available in a given Linux distribution. Until recently, Microsoft Windows software management wasn’t that centralized. There was ...

If you are not using a package manager on your Windows system to install applications and other software, you should. Period. End of story. Searching for, downloading, and installing applications ...

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Windows developers have long looked at Linux’s surfeit of package managers with envy. Having a simple command line tool like apt or rpm that would install an application and all its prerequisites ...

The Windows 10 package manager is getting some new and exciting features that allow you to manage any installed applications directly from the command line. Commonly used in Linux, package managers ...