microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
winget install fails with 'No applicable installer found; see logs for more details'
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Description
Brief description of your issue
When I issue a 'winget install' command such as winget install --id Git.Git -e --source winget --scope user I get
No applicable installer found; see logs for more details.
I am NOT using a local admin when I try this (my goal is to develop a process that doesn't require local admin).
Are there additional requirements to winget?
Steps to reproduce
winget install any application
Expected behavior
software installed
Actual behavior
No applicable installer found; see logs for more details.
Environment
winget --info
Windows Package Manager v1.2.10271
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.18363.2158
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.17.10271.0
Logs: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the failure with winget install --id Git.Git -e --source winget --scope user on the reported Windows and WinGet versions. Inspect the diagnostic logs under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir and compare the result with an installation that succeeds; done means identifying and correcting the cause of the missing applicable installer.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100