microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Install apps as a fully containerised app
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Description
Relevant area(s)
WinGet CLI
Description of the new feature / enhancement
Often I may have application's in use (long term or brief testing) that have dependencies that I don't want or need as part of my base os - an example is yt-dlp that has Denoland.Deno as a dependency
As such I should be able to install that app as a containerised app so that it cannot interfere with my base os & so that on uninstall I can be sure that there are no lingering smells from the installation of this app
Proposed technical implementation details
winget install yt-dlp --containerised
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the WinGet CLI area and the proposed winget install yt-dlp --containerised command, then determine what existing installation and uninstall paths would need to support it. Done means the app and its dependencies are isolated from the base OS and uninstall leaves no lingering installation artifacts.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100