apt-get/emerge/yum/pkg-add/... for windows

[Gothi[c]]

Looks like someone finally made an apt-get/emerge/yum/pkg-add/... tool for Windows!



It can install and uninstall any software in it's repositories.
Stick a few win-install commands in a batch script and you have a great automated bulk software installer!

On the down side:

• It doesn't look like it has any version control
• It seems like anyone can add new software through their web interface, which raises some very serious security concerns!

Some pretty serious downsides, imo. It's beyond me how/why they made the decision to manage their repositories like that.

[Daniel15]

Looks good. But really, all it has is a list of the installer .exe files, and just downloads the installer (via wget) and runs it. Nothing near as good as apt-get. Still, quite useful, and definitely a simple interface for installing software. The problem here is keeping up-to-date; you'd hope that the developers update the repositories often, otherwise your "automated bulk software installer" will go around installing old versions

And is that an error in the screenshot? "416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable" 

It seems like anyone can add new software through their web interface, which raises some very serious security concerns!

Looks like that just submits a request; I certainly hope it doesn't automatically add them.

It can install and uninstall any software in it's repositories.

its, not it's
Sorry, but that's something that really annoys me