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I was very shocked to know Winget, Microsoft's own package manager, was not installed on Windows images of GitHub runners but instead 3rd party package managers were available!
Winget is not new, it's been with us for many years now, it's signed and trusted by Microsoft.
I use Winget on a daily basis in my work and on personal devices, i know the package names, exact IDs and have a list of them i work with, I trust Winget and that's what i wanted to use in GitHub runners but i saw it wasn't installed.
Can you add Winget to the Windows images please so we don't have to add it manually and install its dependencies etc.? Thanks.
For now I'm making a PowerShell script to install Winget and its dependencies for me and I have to run it as first step in my action prior to everything else, but i think if you include it by default it will speed up the setup process not just for me but for everyone else who is used to Winget, has lists of packages and wants to have the same experience when using GitHub runners.
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I was very shocked to know Winget, Microsoft's own package manager, was not installed on Windows images of GitHub runners but instead 3rd party package managers were available!
Winget is not new, it's been with us for many years now, it's signed and trusted by Microsoft.
I use Winget on a daily basis in my work and on personal devices, i know the package names, exact IDs and have a list of them i work with, I trust Winget and that's what i wanted to use in GitHub runners but i saw it wasn't installed.
Can you add Winget to the Windows images please so we don't have to add it manually and install its dependencies etc.? Thanks.
For now I'm making a PowerShell script to install Winget and its dependencies for me and I have to run it as first step in my action prior to everything else, but i think if you include it by default it will speed up the setup process not just for me but for everyone else who is used to Winget, has lists of packages and wants to have the same experience when using GitHub runners.
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