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[Package Issue]: Posit.Quarto - install requires admin privileges

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Description

Please confirm these before moving forward
  • I have searched for my issue and not found a work-in-progress/duplicate/resolved issue.
  • I have not been informed if the issue is resolved in a preview version of the winget client.
Category of the issue

Installation issue.

Brief description of your issue

Installing this package requests admin credentials.

Adding scope --user gives the error No applicable installer found; see logs for more details.

There is additional information on this in this winget issue I incorrectly raised.

Steps to reproduce

winget install --id=Posit.Quarto -e

Actual behavior

Requests admin credentials

Expected behavior

Installs for user without requiring admin credentials (as it does by default when using the installer)

Environment
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Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue with winget install --id=Posit.Quarto -e, then compare it with scope --user and the installer behavior described in the report. Review the linked Quarto issue for relevant context. Done means the Posit.Quarto package installs for a user without requesting administrator credentials.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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