Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Windows 10 Gets a Package Manager For the Command Line

Posted by Soulskill on from the baby-steps dept.

aojensen writes: ExtremeTech reports that the most recent build of Windows 10 Technical Preview shows that Windows is finally getting a package manager. The package manager is built for the PowerShell command line based on OneGet. OneGet is a command line utility for PowerShell very similar to classic Linux utilities such as apt-get and yum, which enable administrators and power users comfortable with the command line to install software packages without the need for a graphical installer. ExtremeTech emphasizes that "you can open up PowerShell and use OneGet to install thousands of applications with commands such as Find-Package VLC and Install-Package Firefox." It's a missing feature Linux advocates have long used to argue against Windows in terms of automation and scale. The package manage is open to any software repository and is based on the Chocolatey format for defining package repositories."

4 of 230 comments (clear)

  1. Yay! Another Unix! by jfbilodeau · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now that Windows is kinda-sorta-Unix-like, should it be on DistroWatch.com? </sarcasm>

    --
    Goodbye Slashdot. You've changed.
  2. On other words ... by lennier1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    sudo apt-get install malware

  3. Re: Oh boy, another infection vector by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's not a problem on linux because the community manages the software repository.

    And as the half dozen or so people in the community all know each other, it's not likely they're going to shit on their friends.

    /jk

  4. Is this the year of the Windows Desktop? by rapiddescent · · Score: 3, Funny

    we've been saying it for years and years but now that Microosft Windows has a package manager, is 2014 finally the year of the Windows desktop?