To see if your applicaction is found in the repositories, issue the command below to search for an application you would wish to install. In this section, we are going to see examples of using the winget cli tool.

help: Displays help for the winget tool commands.

validate: Validates a manifest file for submission to the Windows Package Manager repository.

It generates the SHA256 hash for the installer

search: Find and show basic info of apps.

source: Adds, removes and updates the Windows Package Manager repositories accessed by the winget tool.

install: Installs the given application.

Launch either of the two as “Administrator” and you are ready to issue the commands below:

Winget cli tool can be used with both commandline (cmd) or PowerShell. appxbundle file then click on it to install it. To install “winget” directly, head over to winget preview files and download the Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller. Personally, I installed Windows Desktop App Installer package located in the release folder of the winget repository.

Install Windows Desktop App Installer package located in the release folder of the winget repository.

Join the Preview flight ring by signing up on this site.

In order to get automatic updates from the Microsoft Store that contain the client, one must do one of the following: While this package is pre-installed on Windows, the client will not be made generally available during the Preview period. The client is distributed within the App Installer package.

–version Provides the version of the client Install winget.

–info Provides addition data, helpful for troubleshooting.

search Find and show basic info of apps.

Windows package manager