Skip to main content

Npackd is Yet Another Package Manager For Windows

Most modern operating system, except Windows, has a built-in package manager that handles software downloads and installation. Ubuntu has Synaptic, OSX as the App Store, but Microsoft never tried to integrate a package manager with Windows. Several independent developers tried to do that with varying level of success. FreeApp , ZeuAPP, FreewareUpdater and Windows Package Manager are some of these programs that we have seen in the past. Npacked is a new one.

The basic premise is the same – the program fetches a list of software from a repository it maintains on their server - Google Code Hosting, in this case – and populates it in the program window. The user then selects which software or application they wish to download and install, and clicks on the Update button. At this point Npacked takes over.

npacked

The process of installing and uninstalling applications is completely automated. Npacked can even do silent or unattended installation, something which we talked about the other day.

Npacked supports over 200 applications; the usual free and open source programs. The list is definitely not complete, and you shouldn’t expect it to be, but enough for the average user.

[via Ghacks]

Labels:

Comments

  1. AnonymousFebruary 8, 2011 at 7:49 PM

    Microsoft employees and other contributors are currently working on CoApp(http://coapp.org/) Which is supported by Microsoft.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Kaushik PatowaryFebruary 8, 2011 at 11:20 PM

    That sounds good.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How to Record CPU and Memory Usage Over Time in Windows?

Whenever the computer is lagging or some application is taking too long to respond, we usually fire up task manager and look under the Performance tab or under Processes to check on processor utilization or the amount of free memory available. The task manager is ideal for real-time analysis of CPU and memory utilization. It even displays a short history of CPU utilization in the form of a graph. You get a small time-window, about 30 seconds or so, depending on how large the viewing area is.
17 comments
Read more

Diagram 101: Different Types of Diagrams and When To Use Them

Diagrams are a great way to visualize information and convey meaning. The problem is that there’s too many different types of diagrams, so it can be hard to know which ones you should use in any given situation. To help you out, we’ve created this diagram that lays out the 7 most common types of diagrams and when they’re best used:
Post a Comment
Read more

How to Schedule Changes to Your Facebook Page Cover Photo

Facebook’s current layout, the so called Timeline, features a prominent, large cover photo that some people are using in a lot of different creative ways. Timeline is also available for Facebook Pages that people can use to promote their website or business or event. Although you can change the cover photo as often as you like, it’s meant to be static – something which you design and leave it for at least a few weeks or months like a redesigned website. However, there are times when you may want to change the cover photo frequently and periodically to match event dates or some special promotion that you are running or plan to run. So, here is how you can do that.
1 comment
Read more