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The winget is an official package manager on Windows, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/package-manager/winget/ The winget does not require to be Run as Administrator, but it helps to enable links in order to avoid polluting `PATH`with numerous entries. Administrator can create links to executables in common location of `$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Links` From microsoft/winget-pkgs#99059 (comment) > When in user mode, winget isn't always able to create symlinks. > When it can't create a symlink, it should still add the install directory > to the path (aka "Path cramming"). This is why the command line alias > should still work, even if the symlink isn't present
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Hello @mloskot! Thank you for creating the pull request. I'll bring this to the team. We need to investigate how we can release new versions for Winget in an automated fashion before adding it to the documentation. |
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@vdmgolub Yes, that would be the desired approach. You may want to have a look at |
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@mloskot Awesome! Thanks for the example :) |
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This is a follow-up to my submission of Infracost package manifests which have been accepted to, see microsoft/winget-pkgs#110850
The winget is an official package manager on Windows, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/package-manager/winget/
The winget does not require to be Run as Administrator, but it helps
to enable links in order to avoid polluting
PATHwith numerous entries.Administrator can create links to executables in common location of
$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\LinksFrom microsoft/winget-pkgs#99059 (comment)