winget is pretty great. It works about like you'd expect from any other package manager. And it has a very large collection of libraries and software already available for it. As for how to add to it, I haven't the slightest idea as creating packages for Windows is not a target I've undertaken.
On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 7:03 PM Troy A. Griffitts <scr...@crosswire.org> wrote: > For those who build packages for Windows. We received this request on > sword-support. It sounds interesting. > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: [sword-support] Please add Sword Project to Winget on Windows > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2023 16:12:57 +0000 (UTC) > From: southpaw...@yahoo.com <southpaw...@yahoo.com> > <southpaw...@yahoo.com> > Reply-To: southpaw...@yahoo.com <southpaw...@yahoo.com> > <southpaw...@yahoo.com> > To: sword-feedb...@crosswire.org <sword-feedb...@crosswire.org> > <sword-feedb...@crosswire.org> > > Sir or Ma'am, > > I had a catastrophic fail on Windows resulting in a fully reset operating > system recently. I looked for some "newer" option for installations and > there was an option called winget in powershell 7, and likely earlier(You > can disable powershell 2, uninstall the microsoft store powershell 5 and > just use powershell 7 and winget - https://winstall.app/ ). It's amazing. > I installed all the software I could through winget, and I have found > software dependencies update through winget easily(including dependencies > from software installed by Steam). > > However, I also found that very little Bible software is using winget > which is why I'm requesting this. There's BPBible, which requires additions > separately downloaded through a web browser and Logos 9. Other than than, > there's nothing Bible there. There's not even Bible memory apps. > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page >
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