microsoft / microsoft/winget-pkgs

[New Feature]: Allow user scope for EclipseAdoptium.Temurin packages

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Description

Description of the new feature/enhancement

I'd like to install Eclipse.Adoptium JDK or JRE with user scope. This doesn't seem to be supported currently:

C:\>winget install EclipseAdoptium.Temurin.17.JDK -e --scope user --logs
No applicable installer found; see logs for more details.

There is nothing specific in the logs. When I install with machine scope everything works.

Why is this feature important to me: I want to allow a group of users to automatically set up their development environment by just using plain Windows tools (not scoop or anything like that).

Setting the PATH or any other system wide setting would not be required for this use case. I would control the installation path with the --location parameter.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the mentioned winget install EclipseAdoptium.Temurin.17.JDK -e --scope user --logs command and inspect the EclipseAdoptium.Temurin package manifest entries. Compare the manifest metadata with the supported installer scope behavior. Done means the JDK or JRE package resolves and installs with --scope user without requiring machine-wide settings.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
cli, devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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