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A package manager is designed to help you save time and frustration. Essentially, it is a set of software tools that help you automate the process of getting software on your machine. You specify which apps you want installed, and it does the work of finding the latest version (or the exact one you specified) and installing it on your machine. The client is distributed within the App Installer package. While this package is pre-installed on Windows, the client will not be made generally available during the Preview period. In order to get automatic updates from the Microsoft Store that contain the client, one must install a Windows 10 Insider build and join the Preview flight ring by signing up. Installer behavior can be different depending on whether you are running winget with administrator privileges. You can also build the client yourself.
Features
- The Windows Package Manager is a tool designed to help you quickly and easily discover and install those tools that make your PC environment special
- By using the Windows Package Manager, from one command, you can install your favorite tool
- The goal is to get something usable in your hands as soon as possible
- At preview you can search, show, and install packages
- When running winget without administrator privileges, some applications may require elevation to install
- When running winget in an Administrator Command Prompt, you will not see elevation prompts if the application requires it
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