Windows Package Managers

guide-by-example

Purpose & Overview

Install and manage software on windows through command line.

winget
chocolatey
scoop

Winget

winget search irfanview winget install irfanview

+ Comes preinstalled with windows 10+
- Feels like unmanaged afterthought

Scoop

User

non-admin powershell terminal
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
irm get.scoop.sh | iex
scoop install git sudo
scoop bucket add extras
scoop bucket add sysinternals
scoop bucket add nonportable

Machine-wide

admin powershell terminal
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass
iex "& {$(irm get.scoop.sh)} -RunAsAdmin"
scoop install git sudo --global
scoop bucket add extras
scoop bucket add sysinternals
scoop bucket add nonportable

Useful

search - scoop search mpv
scoop install mpv --global
search for avaialble pacakges - scoop.sh

Choco

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

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