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  2. Windows Package Manager - Wikipedia

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    The Windows Package Manager (also known as winget) is a free and open-source package manager designed by Microsoft for Windows 10 and Windows 11. It consists of a command-line utility and a set of services for installing applications. [5] [6] Independent software vendors can use it as a distribution channel for their software packages.

  3. Windows Installer - Wikipedia

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    Windows Installer (msiexec.exe, previously known as Microsoft Installer, [3] codename Darwin) [4] [5] is a software component and application programming interface (API) of Microsoft Windows used for the installation, maintenance, and removal of software. The installation information, and optionally the files themselves, are packaged in ...

  4. Chocolatey - Wikipedia

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    Chocolatey [5] is a machine-level, command-line package manager and installer for software on Microsoft Windows. It uses the NuGet packaging infrastructure and Windows PowerShell to simplify the process of downloading and installing software. [6] The name is an extension on a pun of NuGet (from "nougat") "because everyone loves Chocolatey ...

  5. List of software package management systems - Wikipedia

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    Cygwin: Free and open-source software repository for Windows NT. Provides many Linux tools and an installation tool with package manager; Homebrew: a port of the MacOS package manager meant for use with Windows Subsystem for Linux, using the already existing Linux port as its base; Ninite: Proprietary package manager for Windows NT;

  6. Windows Installer CleanUp Utility - Wikipedia

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    The Windows Installer CleanUp Utility is a legacy software utility for the Microsoft Windows operating system designed to solve installation problems of apps that use the Windows Installer technology. An app whose Windows Installer entries are damaged cannot be uninstalled or reinstalled via the normal means. The Windows Installer CleanUp ...

  7. Scoop Package Manager - Wikipedia

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    Scoop is a command-line package manager for Microsoft Windows, used to download and install apps, as well as their dependencies.. Scoop is often used for installing web development tools and other software development tools.

  8. Dependency hell - Wikipedia

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    Dependency hell is a colloquial term for the frustration of some software users who have installed software packages which have dependencies on specific versions of other software packages. [ 1 ] The dependency issue arises when several packages have dependencies on the same shared packages or libraries, but they depend on different and ...

  9. Package manager - Wikipedia

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    One typical difference between package management in proprietary operating systems, such as Mac OS X and Windows, and those in free and open source software, such as Linux, is that free and open source software systems permit third-party packages to also be installed and upgraded through the same mechanism, whereas the package managers of Mac ...