# For Windows users, is winget now a standard command?

**URL:** <https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/for-windows-users-is-winget-now-a-standard-command/5564>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [June 29, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/for-windows-users-is-winget-now-a-standard-command/5564 "2022-06-29T09:36:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![EricGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@EricGT](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/u/EricGT)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/for-windows-users-is-winget-now-a-standard-command/5564/7 "2022-07-01T15:49:58Z")

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As of 07/01/2022 using winget to install SWI-Prolog is not working as expected.

See this for more details.

> [@Wiki Discussion: Install SWI-Prolog development version on Windows 10](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/wiki-discussion-install-swi-prolog-development-version-on-windows-10/2602/8):
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> Today tried using winget to see how it works for installing SWI-Prolog. C:\Users\Groot\>winget search swi-prolog Name Id Version Source ------------------------------------------------ SWI-Prolog SWI-Prolog.SWI-Prolog 8.4.3 winget C:\Users\Groot\>winget install swi-prolog Found SWI-Prolog [SWI-Prolog.SWI-Prolog] Version 8.4.3 This application is licensed to you by its owner. Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages. Down…

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