Want to install multiple apps on your Windows 10 at once using Windows Package Manager(winget)? then you land on the right article. In this article, you are going to see all possible ways to Install Winget on Windows 10 because Winget does not come pre-installed as it comes now on Windows 11.
In TechDevilZone, previously we shared an article on ‘How to install multiple apps on Windows 10 & 11 ‘. In that article, you can see all the possible ways through which you can easily install multiple programs at once on your Windows.
” Windows Package Manager ” is a command-line tool that makes your life much easier in the process of searching, downloading, installing, updating, and configuring an application on your system at once.
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Why do you have to use Winget?
If you bought a new laptop/computer or reinstall your operating system then again installing the basic applications that you need on daily basis, requires a lot of time, that’s where Winget (package manager) plays an important role.
Using winget, you can download, install, update, and reinstall all your apps at once just using a simple command.
Winget Features:
In winget you can do below following commands to get information about your system through winget manager:
- install: Installs the given application in the command.
- show: It Shows info about applications.
- source: This command manages the source of applications.
- search: Find and show all basic info about apps.
- hash: Helper to hash installer files.
- validate: Validates a manifest file.
- -help: Provides command-line help.
- -info: Provides additional data, helpful for troubleshooting.
- -version: Display the version of the client.
How to check whether Winget is installed or not?
To check if winget package manager is installed on your Windows or not, for that just follow the below steps carefully:
Step 1: Click on the Start button, and search for ‘command prompt‘ by typing “command” in the start text field. Now do right-click on the command prompt and select “Run as administrator“.
Step 2: Now on the Command prompt, type “winget –info“. Now, this command shows you something like this:
Windows Package Manager v1.0.11692
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.19043.1083
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.12.11692.0
Logs: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\
LocalState\DiagOutputDirYou can also use the above commands from the Winget features section.
If winget is not installed, then in Step 2 when you type ‘winget –info‘. This command shows you something like the below in your prompt:
'winget' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.How to Install Winget (Windows Package Manager) on Windows 10?
There are 2 ways through which you can install Winget Windows Package Manager using Windows 10. Use these 2 ways either wait until the update comes automatically.
How to Install Winget client on Windows 10 via Microsoft Store
To install Windows Package Manager(winget) from Microsoft Store, just follow the below steps carefully:
Step 1: You need to open Microsoft Store. Then on Microsoft Store, search for “App Installer“.
Step 2: Click the ‘Get‘ button. If there is any ‘Update‘ click on it.
Step 3: Now, click on the start button and open the command prompt with admin right (by selecting ‘run as administrator‘.
Step 4: On the command prompt, again type “winget“.
This time you can see the above image, it means winget is installed successfully on your Windows 10 via Microsoft Store. Now you can easily install, update, reinstall and do the various processes on multiple apps at the same time, just by using only one line command.
If you don’t know Winget commands then checkout, “How to use Winget on command prompt“
Method 2
How to Install Winget Client Package Manager on Windows 10 via Github?
Now to install winget package manager with the offline installer via Github, use the below steps:
Step 1: Open the winget Github page. Under ‘Latest Section‘ scroll a little bit and in the “Assets” section, click on “Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle” to download it.
Step 2: Now do double-click on the download file and install it
Step 3: After complete installation, Windows Package Manager (winget) applies to Windows 10.
Now you’re good to use winget on your Command Prompt as well as on your PowerShell to install multiple apps at once using Winget.
How to use Winget package manager on the command prompt?
To install, update multiple apps using winget you must have to know its commands.
- winget search [app name]: To search about any app
- winget show [app name]: to get detailed information about your app
- winget install [app name]: To install that app on your system
For more information, check out this post “How to install multi apps using Winget on Windows“.
Conclusion
In this guide, you see how to install winget (windows package installer) using Microsoft store and Github on Windows 10 to install multiple apps while Winget comes pre-installed on Windows 11. If you don’t want to go through these steps and you think you’re not a techy guy then check out our article, “Best software to Install multiple apps/program at once” in this you don’t have to write a single command.
FAQs on Window Package Manager
Why do we need a package manager?
To install any software you go through many processes,
> From Downloading the software
> Start the Installation process, in which you have to click on ‘Next’ multiple times. Even sometimes you face some problems.
> Now you have to search on youtube or google to fix the above problems.
To don’t get into these loops, processes, and the frustration you can use winget, Chocolatey, Nifite, and other software to install multiple apps at once without any issue.
What is the best way to Install multiple apps using the command line?
If you want to install multiple apps using the command line then there is 2 methods:
> Chocolatey
> Winget
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