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WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface).
https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/package-manager/
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Support setting the custom and scope parameters to winget install in Microsoft.Winget.DSC/WingetPackage resource #4993

Open tristanbarcelon opened 4 days ago

tristanbarcelon commented 4 days ago

Discussed in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/discussions/4985

Originally posted by **tristanbarcelon** November 18, 2024 When using winget cli to install packages, it is possible to use the custom, scope or location parameters to provide custom installation parameters or instruct winget cli to pick a properly scoped installer or confine the application installation to a specific folder. Such overrides are useful for applications that consume a lot of disk space over time, such as Visual Studio or SQL Server. [SQLServerDSC exposes multiple parameters for install folders](https://github.com/dsccommunity/SqlServerDsc/blob/85ea1eda6a2d3c3bacd096983d55c99b75dba914/source/Examples/Resources/SqlSetup/8-InstallDefaultInstanceSingleServer2022OrLater.ps1#L69-L77) while VisualStudio does not. It would be helpful if I could use Custom parameter to specify --installPath with a different value from default to prevent system drive from running out of space. If I wanted to install machine scoped versions of PowerToys or VisualStudioCode, how can I achieve them using Microsoft.Winget.DSC/WingetPackage resource in order to specify machine scope?