winget

This cookbook installs WinGet on a Windows system and provides a custom resource for installing other packages using it.

Requirements

• Windows 10 build 1709 or later

Usage

include_recipe 'winget'

winget_package 'Install GIMP' do
  id 'gimp.gimp'
  full_name 'GIMP 2.10.18'
  action :install
end

Actions

• :install: installs the given application.

Parameters

• id: ID of the application to install. This must be an exact match. Defaults to the resource name.
• full_name: the name the application uses in the Windows Programs applet. Used to check if the application is already installed. Defaults to the id.
• version: the specific version to install. Defaults to the latest version.
• manifest: if installing from a file rather than the Microsoft package repository, the path to the manifest of the application. Defaults to unset.
• override: arguments to be passed on to the installer. Defaults to unset.
• location: location to install to (if supported). Defaults to unset.

Notes and caveats

• WinGet does not work correctly under WinRM and so Test Kitchen will fail when trying to install a resource. As a workaround, you can log onto the instance that was created and manually run chef-zero from the Test Kitchen cache to complete the run. This is an upstream bug.

TODO

• Find and implement a workaround for the WinRM / UWP issue, or wait for this to be fixed in the upstream WinGet package.
• Add full support for existing options.
• Add support for extra features (uninstall, update) as they are added to the upstream application.