AppGet

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Free and Opensource package manager for Windows.

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5 Best Windows package manager to use via command line

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www.how2shout.com

6 Best Windows Package Manager to Auto-Update Apps (2020)

Based on the same concept of file parsing, we have AppGet. Instead of JSON, it works with YAML files and has a bigger repository of apps. AppGet works with the command prompt as well as PowerShell and in order to start using it, you have to download the exe file. Once you have installed it, go to C:ProgramDataAppGet and open command prompt from there. You can begin installing apps with a simple command like…

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techwiser.com

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Windows Package Manager 1.1

It has been admitted. This is what an ‘extinguish’ looks like after embracing the idea of a Windows package manager by interviewing the creator of AppGet [0][1] and then dumping him to skip the extend part to full on copy it [2] with no credit and bundling it in the OS. This is a rare straight extinguish after an embrace, especially in open source. [0] https://keivan.io/the-day-appget-died/ [1] https://appget.net/…

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almost 3 years ago
Chocolatey

One thing to keep an eye on is Microsoft’s winget. Based off ‘AppGet‘ but unfortunately MS don’t prominently allude to winget’s origins, although they have offhand mentioned it.

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about 3 years ago