So, I'd like to recommend Scoop to anyone developing apps and the like at the moment.

Chocolatey

feature

• One of the objectives is to promote "DevOps", where software in a Windows environment can be easily managed and automatically deployed to a server.
• When managing software, it uses the PowerShell features that come standard with Windows, allowing complex processes to be accomplished with a single command line.
• In addition to the free version, there is a paid service. You can use all functions in the free version.

The official site delivers various software installers, EXE files, Zip files, and installation scripts in the form of Chocolatey package files (files with .nupkg extension).

Disadvantages and points to note when using this service

• Because processing is dependent on PowerShell, it may not be able to run in a company or in an environment with severe security restrictions.
• Basically, you need administrator privileges to use it. Officially, as "last resort", there are also installation and package management procedures that do not require administrator privileges. I don't describe it in detail in this article, so if you need it, please refer to official procedure.
• I install and uninstall the exe format and MSI (Microsoft's installer package file) with PowerShell, but it sometimes fails. Sometimes the uninstallation process is not enough and garbage remains.

About Chocolatey and NuGet

NuGet is a library management software for Microsoft's .NET framework, and since Chocolatey's package description often mentions NuGet, I'll remind you of its relevance.

What is NuGet?

• NuGet ... NET libraries for various kinds of development and package management, as well as managing dependencies. Various development libraries and software are available at NuGet gallery, and you can easily add, remove or update the libraries you need from Visual Studio or the command line of the IDE (Integrated Development Environment).

The relationship between Chocolatey and NuGet

Chocolatey makes use of NuGet's packaging framework.

In fact, Chocolatey uses NuGet.Core.dll internally to install the software.

Chocolatey and NuGet are two different things you want to manage.

As it says in Chocolatey official - FAQ.

NuGet is mainly aimed at making it easy to deploy development libraries, whereas Chocolatey's main goal is to make it easy to deploy apps and tools. Chocolatey is not intended to be used mainly by developers. It's not intended to be developer-centric.

Difference between Chocolatey and NuGet package files

Specifically, Chocolatey's package file (.nupkg file) and NuGet's package file are both zip files. The metafiles in them are different.

Chocolatey has silent installation using PowerShell (mode that allows installation without GUI interaction) with meta-information in the nupkg file so that GUI processing at the time of software installation can be eliminated.

Plus, the difference between Chocolatey and apt, such as apt-get

Unlike apt, Chocolatey is not aware of source code control, Chocolatey is aware of pre-built software and tools.

ref: Chocolatey Official - FAQ - how-iswill-Chocolatey-be-different-than-apt

Official Repositories

There is an official Chocolatey Community Package repository.

You can search for packages on the web, or after installing Chocolatey, you can search for packages on command.

I heard that this repository is managed by Chocolatey Community. When you register software in this repository, you need to check security check or quality check.

You can have your own repository.

Chocolatey is a NuGet package with extended information for Chocolatey, so you can use a NuGet repository server.

There are several types of repositories. "folder/unc share", "simple server", "package gallery", "commercial packge repositories"

"folder/unc share" allows you to create a repository with a specified path to a folder to be shared on the network, such as using Windows File Sharing.

See The official document- Host your own server for details.

The following server programs are listed as being compatible with the Chocolatey package, although this is an assumption for which officials are not responsible. All of them are NuGet package hosting servers.

• Klondike ... A server program capable of private NuGet package hosting, using a search engine called Lucene
• PHP NuGet ... A server program that runs on PHP for hosting
• LaGet ... A hosting server program built on Laravel, the famous PHP framework.

There may be others if you look for them.

About Scoop

You can manage the command line (CLI) for installing, uninstalling and updating apps published in Git through a bucket (like a repository).

features

• You can install the software you want for each user individually. There is Exception though.
• Eliminate permission popup (called UAC) when installing.
• The installation screen in the GUI should be able to be popped.
• Preventing the PATH environment variable from getting dirty in various installations.
• Ensure that installing or uninstalling packages does not affect other things.
• Resolve package dependencies.
• Do not use NuGet internally, unlike Chocolatey, to make each package more independent.
• Manage installation and dependencies with just a JSON file rather than package management. Simple.
• The app is managed in a repository on Git.
• Older apps may be installed depending on dependencies with other apps.

Types of packages available

It doesn't seem to be dealing with packages that can corrupt the registry, system configuration or environment. They are officially called portable apps by the Scoop team.

On the other hand, they do allow standalone applications such as EXE and Powershell scripts to be handled as packages without compression.

However, you can install other things besides portable apps, such as Skype, if you add a repository called scoop-extras to Scoop's search.

Bucket: A repository of sorts.

In Scoop, we call the part of the package management system "buckets". Scoop only installs the official buckets, called "main", immediately after installation.

The following buckets are also officially introduced.

Here is only a selection of what I personally liked.

About winget

feature

You can use winget (Windows Package Manager) to install and update OSS applications and others published on GitHub locally from the command line.

Specifications required

• Windows 10 version 1709 (build 16299) or later _* is required.

_*You can find out the version and build number of your Windows PC in a separate article here.

Another Detailed information

Windows Package Manager Preview Participation Page says it has not been officially released and is still subject to change. It will be included in the preview version of the AppInstaller app, he said.

I'll update the information when it's officially released in the future.

Things to consider before implementing package management software.

If you have a choice of software with similar features, you can use I think you should think about the future when you hire.

Although you may have worked hard to create a script that builds automatically, it's not It's entirely possible that there will be a decline in the community or the technology you're using and you'll have to move to another management software.

So the ease of porting to other management software might be a good thing to keep in mind when you're introducing it.

References

• Microsoft Official - Windows10 - Release-Information|Microsoft Docs
• Microsoft Official - Microsoft Docs - MSIX overview
• GitHub - microsoft/winget
• Demitrius - devblogs.microsoft.com - Windows Pakcage Manager Preview | Windows Command Line
• GitHub - microsft/winget-pkgs
• Chocolatey official
• Chocolatey official - How To Host Your Own [Private/Internal/Public] Package Repository Server
• nuget.org official
• stackoverflow - Difference between Chocolatey and NuGet
• Chocolatey wiki
• Chocolatey wiki - Terminology
• Chocolatey official - packages
• Chocolatey official - History
• Scoop official - github
• Scoop official - Top page - scoop.sh
• tech.guitarrapc.com - Windows開発環境の構築をChocolateyからscoopに切り替える

Update

• October-05-2020 published