this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2023
663 points (92.8% liked)
Memes
45586 readers
1307 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Is this something everyone should know to do? Or just style points for programmers?
using winget is a much safer and faster way to install new software. yes command prompt seems intimidating but it's super easy, you don't need 1337 hack0rz skillz to use it
Do you know why there are multiple packages named similar to the original ones? For example there are multiple Vim packages in the winget repository which makes it confusing.