I was fed up with having to keep things like npm, NodeJS and git up to date manually; so I created a little script that keeps things up to date automatically (configurable on a per-app basis) via WinGet.
I know there are already things out there… but they looked like a pain to install, and this is simple enough that I actually understand what it’s doing XD
https://github.com/ELowry/WinGet-Updater
It should soon be available for download via… winget install EricLowry.WinGetUpdater as well (awaiting validation on their end)!
Winget can handle apps installed via other sources, including things like all the
Visual C++ Redistributablepackages and stuff I had previously installed using an installer.It may not seem like much, but it’s a massive advantage for managing multiple computers in my family.
I mean, chocolatey can do that, too. https://boxstarter.org/ can even provision new computers.
If winget works for you that’s awesome, I just don’t get how it’s better than chocolatey for this task.
How though?
Everything I see online indicates that to have chocolatey handle an app it needs to be installed BY chocolatey; and that the “fix” is to uninstall and reinstall.
If you install something with chocolatey and it’s already installed it registers in chocolatey.
Ah, interesting. I’ll look into that at some point.