Windows update of LibreCAD with winget

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Hello,

I use winget on a Windows PC to update software and libraries (C++ for examples) with the command line. Just as I would do on linux with a package manager.

Not all software are supported but LibreCAD is supported. This means you can check if an update is available with one command : winget list --upgrade-available. You can compare the current version and the available version on winget repository and decide to upgrade or not.

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In order to upgrade: you need to copy (CTRL+C) LibreCAD.LibreCAD in the ID column and paste it (CTRL+V) to get the command: winget upgrade LibreCAD.LibreCAD

You may need administrator’s password to upgrade the software. Voilà !

Help for winget command is available at Use WinGet to install and manage applications | Microsoft Learn

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That’s a great news. I’m wondering whether it’s automatically from github releases.

In addition, I really want to see LibreCAD in microsoft app market. I have reserved the name LibreCAD.

Any help is welcome.

I’m thinking about a LibreCAD app (stable release), and a LibreCAD-beta (the development release).

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It don’t know but it is referenced in https://winstall.app/.

My understanding is that somebody requested LibreCAD to be there in GitHub - microsoft/winget-pkgs: The Microsoft community Windows Package Manager manifest repository · GitHub or LibreCAD app was web-scrapped from github repository. These issues Package parity with PortableApps · Issue #897 · microsoft/winget-pkgs · GitHub and Ensure consistent manifest encoding · Issue #1863 · microsoft/winget-pkgs · GitHub may help to connect with winstall’s team if it is of any interest?