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 ...

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 ...

Next, once the command executes, tap A on the keyboard and hit Enter. Now, you can run the command below to download and install Scoop. As you can see from the image above, the tool will fetch the ...

Microsoft is continuing its efforts to attract more open-source developers to make their wares available on Windows. The latest component of that strategy is CoApp, a new open-source ...

Have you ever wondered how easy it would be if every time you upgraded to a new operating system, changed your computer, or reinstalled the old operating system, you could type a command, and all the ...

Setting up a new machine quickly turns into hours of downloading and running installers. You've probably spent hours hunting down installers from sketchy websites ...

If you are not using a package manager on your Windows system to install applications and other software, you should. Period. End of story. Searching for, downloading, and installing applications ...

The Windows Package Manager is currently a work in progress, but the preview is available for anyone to try on their own Windows 10 PC. The catalog of software that can be installed has been rapidly ...

Microsoft just released Windows Package Manager v0.3 in preview. The update adds support for importing collecitons of packages and group policy management. The latest build also includes several ...

Package management is a hot topic in the Microsoft world, lately. On October 6, it got even hotter, with Microsoft's announcement of a first developer preview of NuPack. NuPack is an open-source ...