microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli

Support installing other archive formats

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Description

Description of the new feature / enhancement

Continuation of #140. See https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/140#issuecomment-706523554:

I agree that supporting other compression methods (zstd, lzma, etc.) and archive formats (7z, tar, etc.) is good and should eventually be added. Zips are the most common, so supporting just them is a good first step and I think it's better to have it ASAP and only after that think about other formats.

Other than .zip, most other software binaries are only available by either .7z and .rar. Examples:

Hopefully .7z and .rar gets added first, they're quite common. Other archive formats such as .tar, .gz, .zstd etc. can be added soon.

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Research direction

Start with the discussion in #140 and its linked comment, then trace how winget-cli currently handles .zip packages. Compare that path with the requested .7z and .rar support, followed by .tar, .gz, and .zstd; done means the supported archive formats can be installed reliably and are covered by appropriate tests.

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Tech stack
cpp
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cli
Issue type
Feature
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