No need to open a web browser to install another one on Windows 10 and 11.
All one has to do is open a terminal, type winget install Mozilla.Firefox and hit Enter. ;)
Pro tip: To update all software on a Windows computer you can type winget upgrade --all and hit Enter (especially useful for computers from family or friends with LibreOffice or Java versions from the stone age …).
wow, for a seconds I thought you were mocking windows for not having some central software repo like linux uses apt-get, but it actually works o.O
TIL winget is a thing.
Haha, glad to hear that you discovered winget through my post!
It was, in my opinion, long overdue for Microsoft to introduce a package manager for Windows, but now that it is there, you can actually use it for all kinds of useful stuff. E. g. I would, if I was using Windows, create a PowerShell script to install my software all at once for whenever I reinstall my computer. This makes reinstalling a lot faster and I have documentation about the programs I had installed before. ;)
Winget is able to install applications from multiple sources, including the Microsoft Store. You can see a list of all configured sources by executing winget source list. For regular applications a community repository is preconfigured.
If you would execute my example command, Firefox would get installed from the community repository. You should be able to use the following command to install the Microsoft Store version of Firefox: winget install 9NZVDKPMR9RD
9NZVDKPMR9RD is the package id of the Microsoft Store version of Firefox. You can either get it by executing winget search firefox or you can get it from the URL of the Microsoft Store entry.
This is why I’ll never use Windows, it’s just too complicated for the average person. Imagine having to enter commands into the command line just to upgrade your computer, that’s way beyond most people.
I’d rather just stick with Mint with its GUI and automatic updates 😉
No need to open a web browser to install another one on Windows 10 and 11.
All one has to do is open a terminal, type
winget install Mozilla.Firefoxand hit Enter. ;)Pro tip: To update all software on a Windows computer you can type
winget upgrade --alland hit Enter (especially useful for computers from family or friends with LibreOffice or Java versions from the stone age …).wow, for a seconds I thought you were mocking windows for not having some central software repo like linux uses apt-get, but it actually works o.O
TIL winget is a thing.
Haha, glad to hear that you discovered
wingetthrough my post!It was, in my opinion, long overdue for Microsoft to introduce a package manager for Windows, but now that it is there, you can actually use it for all kinds of useful stuff. E. g. I would, if I was using Windows, create a PowerShell script to install my software all at once for whenever I reinstall my computer. This makes reinstalling a lot faster and I have documentation about the programs I had installed before. ;)
Count me in the people who had no idea windows had a command line package manager-style tool.
Does it look for its stuff in the windows store?
Winget is able to install applications from multiple sources, including the Microsoft Store. You can see a list of all configured sources by executing
winget source list. For regular applications a community repository is preconfigured.If you would execute my example command, Firefox would get installed from the community repository. You should be able to use the following command to install the Microsoft Store version of Firefox:
winget install 9NZVDKPMR9RD9NZVDKPMR9RD is the package id of the Microsoft Store version of Firefox. You can either get it by executing
winget search firefoxor you can get it from the URL of the Microsoft Store entry.I didn’t expect there to be an officially supported community repository too. Interesting.
I think they are still updating their repo, i remember adding few basic repos to them !
Upgrade all, wow. I knew about Winget install, but this is so good!! Thanks for the advice 😁
I’ll be damned… Did not know that existed. I’ve never used the Windows store and it still found updates for most of what I have installed.
Thanks!
I’ve been using chocolatey for years but TIL about
winget. Cheers!I’ll probably continue using chocolatey due to supporting more packages, but good to know there’s a built-in package manager in Windows now.
https://keivan.io/the-day-appget-died/
K saved this for more difficult times ✌️
TIL. Running the upgrade all just now and it’s a blessing
This is why I’ll never use Windows, it’s just too complicated for the average person. Imagine having to enter commands into the command line just to upgrade your computer, that’s way beyond most people.
I’d rather just stick with Mint with its GUI and automatic updates 😉
The hero we need.
Love it for libreoffice since getting auto update will likely take a decade.
Use it to upgrade work computers without me sitting there are watching.