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The third release candidate for Windows Package Manager 1.6 has been released.



Windows Package Manager 1.6.2631

This release represents our third Windows Package Manager 1.6 release candidate build for Windows 10 (1809+), and Windows 11. Experimental features have been disabled in this release.

The  winget configure command is now a stable feature and can be used to automatically handle the setup and configuration requirements for an ideal development environment on your Windows machine. Applying a WinGet configuration file helps with installing and managing software packages, applications, programming languages, frameworks, tools, or settings necessary for a project.

Support for package dependencies is also included in this stable release. You can also use the winget download command to download a package installer to your local machine.

Features

  • WinGet configure  #2845
  • Support for package dependencies  #163
  • winget download  #658
  • Specify InstallerType  #1166

Bugs

  • Symlinks are not created for portable installations  #3498

What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog v1.5.2201...v1.6.2631



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