Using Windows Package Manager (Winget) to manage applications has made the process lifecycle application much smoother and more manageable.
With Winget, we can download, update and delete applications from a Windows 10 machine from the command-line without opening the Windows control panel or browsing to download sites.
Install .NET
In our case, we will install Microsoft .NET 5.0 SDK on a Windows 10 machine using Winget.
To get started, open the PowerShell console and type the following command to search for the .NET package.
winget search dotnet
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From the results output field, the official package downloads it with this command.
winget install Microsoft.dotnet
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Then after running the above command, Winget will first download the application. The next step will prompt you to install the application and customize the install, as shown below.
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