The winget package doesn't exist

rizsotto / Bear

Bear is a tool that generates a compilation database for clang tooling.

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The winget package doesn't exist #464

Closed g-berthiaume closed 2 years ago

g-berthiaume commented 2 years ago

I'm trying to install the Bear package using winget on Windows 10.

When using the CLI, I get the following:

$  winget install Bear
Multiple packages found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name         Id           Source
---------------------------------
Alb The Bear 9WZDNCRDKJB0 msstore
Bear         the-sz.Bear  winget

The problem is that both sources are invalid

Alb The Bear is a children story
the-sz.Bear is a GUI tool to track down GDI and User handle leaks.

Is Bear supported on Windows?

rizsotto commented 2 years ago

Hey @g-berthiaume , I don't think Bear has a windows package.

The way Bear is working can work on Windows, but the code is using POSIX API calls (and not Windows API). So, somebody who has experience with the Windows API could make PRs to make that happen. (I am happy to guide/help this process.)

I'm closing this ticket, because the #431 is already tracking it.

g-berthiaume commented 2 years ago

Hi @rizsotto,

I think what confused me, was the repology pages. It listed winget as a package.