Microsoft has finally revealed a long requested feature; a Windows package manager called Winget that allows you to easily install applications from the command line. Commonly used in Linux to install ...

In the Linux world, package managers catalog and install the software available in a given Linux distribution. Until recently, Microsoft Windows software management wasn’t that centralized. There was ...

At its Build 2020 conference, which had to be held as an online-only event this time around due to the coronavirus outbreak, Microsoft had a bunch of announcements to make, some of which include new ...

Windows developers have long looked at Linux’s surfeit of package managers with envy. Having a simple command line tool like apt or rpm that would install an application and all its prerequisites ...

If you’re really, really sick of the Microsoft Store, Microsoft now offers a return to the glorious days of the command line interface. Meet App Installer, Microsoft’s new package manager for Windows.

Looking for a tool to automate installing, configuring, upgrading and uninstalling software packages on Windows systems? Time to check out Chocolatey. I’ve administered both Windows and Linux systems ...

No more DLL hell. That was just one of Microsoft Corp.’s goals when it introduced the Windows Installer service along with Windows 2000 nearly four years ago. The service, which now runs on Windows XP ...