microsoft / microsoft/winget-pkgs
[New Feature]: KiCad
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Description
Description of the new feature/enhancement
Currently, the KiCad.KiCad installs on the user context (C:\Users\AppData\Local) and always fails if the switch "--scope machine" is used.
However, the installer from "https://www.kicad.org/download/windows/" is by default a system-wide install.
Can you please make the system-wide installer available from the WinGet repos.
Thank you.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the KiCad Windows download page linked in the issue and inspect the existing KiCad.KiCad package manifest in the WinGet repository. Confirm which installer provides a system-wide installation and update the package metadata so the system-wide installer is available and supports the requested machine scope.
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Assessment
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100