Install via Scoop

[wenmin92]

Scoop is a famous Windows package manager, we can use scoop to install & update wsa_pacman.

Once added to the scoop bucket, we can install and update it like this:

scoop install wsa-pacman

scoop update wsa-pacman

Installation and updates will be a breeze.

[alesimula]

Does it handle file associations though?

Or dependencies? In case it does, it needs Visual C++ redistributable as a dependency, otherwise I might need to add the DLLs to the portable zip

[wenmin92]

Does it handle file associations though?

Not yet, but we can add scripts in the manifest to handle file associations.

Or dependencies? In case it does, it needs Visual C++ redistributable as a dependency, otherwise I might need to add the DLLs to the portable zip

Scoop supports adding dependencies, but which version of Visual C++ does this app depend on?

[alesimula]

The flutter desktop documentation doesn't seem to specify the version but it says it needs these files specifically

msvcp140.dll
vcruntime140.dll
vcruntime140_1.dll

[wenmin92]

The flutter desktop documentation doesn't seem to specify the version but it says it needs these files specifically

Note here:

However, the version of the Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable installed on the machine must be the same or higher than the version of the Visual C++ toolset used to create your application.

Since flutter requires Visual Studio 2019 to be installed, the vcredist version here should be at least 2019.

[alesimula]

@wenmin92 doesn't the vcredist scoop package install the latest version?

[wenmin92]

doesn't the vcredist scoop package install the latest version?

No, each version of vcredist has a separate manifest, and we can choose to install any version.

[alesimula]

@wenmin92

What about this one?

The exe which the "url" points to seems to be the same all-in-one installer I bundle in my installer (as per screenshot)

[wenmin92]

What about this one?

The exe which the "url" points to seems to be the same all-in-one installer I bundle in my installer (as per screenshot)

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know this package existed, this is certainly better.

[wenmin92]

@wenmin92

What about this one?

This is not recommended because it depends on vcredist 2005 ~ 2013, causing these vcredist versions to be installed before installing it, which we don't need.

[alesimula]

@wenmin92 What about this one?, seems to only install the 2015-2022

[wenmin92]

@wenmin92 What about this one?, seems to only install the 2015-2022

Okay, then this one.

[wenmin92]

It has been added to scoop's extras bucket, and now we can use scoop to install wsa-pacman. 🎉