WinGet installation on Windows Server 2019

[vedantmgoyal9]

Brief description of your issue

WinGet command is not available on Windows Server 2019.

Steps to reproduce

Run this script.

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://aka.ms/Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx" -Method Get -OutFile "$workingDir\Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx" -PassThru 
Add-AppxPackage -Path "$workingDir\Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx"
Write-Host "Successfully installed Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx"

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/download/v1.0.11692/Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle" -Method Get -OutFile "$workingDir\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle" -PassThru 
Add-AppxPackage -Path "$workingDir\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle"
Write-Host "Successfully installed Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle"

Now, try entering winget in the command line.

Expected behavior

WinGet command should be available from the command line.

Actual behavior

WinGet command is not available. Throws error.

Environment

Windows Server 2019 with only the following things installed:

• Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx
• Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle

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Edit: I got to know that WinGet works on Windows Server 2019. We have to enable developer mode first and then run some commands. (Reference: #144 (comment))

Is there any way to do all this using the command line? No GUI.

[al-cheb]

@vedantmgoyal2009, #144 (comment)

[vedantmgoyal9]

Thanks a lot. This made my work much easier. Thanks again.