From 7be3e054c82176ddfb4338b3934758febbbc5f08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens Geyer Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:51:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] List WinGet for the prebuilt Windows compiler in README.md [skip ci] The compiler is in winget-pkgs as Apache.Thrift. WinGet installs it for the current user and, like Chocolatey, pulls in the Visual C++ Redistributable. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) --- README.md | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cb4f5d8955a..56baf2b85a0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ Prebuilt compiler for Windows On Windows, the compiler does not have to be built from source. Alongside the source release, it is also published ready-built: +* with [WinGet](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/package-manager/winget/): + `winget install Apache.Thrift` * with [Chocolatey](https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/thrift): `choco install thrift` * as a [.NET tool](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Apache.Thrift.Compiler): @@ -194,13 +196,13 @@ source release, it is also published ready-built: * as the plain executable `thrift-.exe` from the [download page](https://thrift.apache.org/download) -Chocolatey installs for all users and needs an elevated shell. The installer -installs for the current user by default and needs no administrator rights. -Chocolatey and the .NET tool put `thrift` on the `PATH`, and the installer -offers to do so. +Chocolatey installs for all users and needs an elevated shell. WinGet installs +for the current user. The installer installs for the current user by default +and needs no administrator rights. WinGet, Chocolatey and the .NET tool put +`thrift` on the `PATH`, and the installer offers to do so. -The compiler needs the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable (x64). Chocolatey -installs it along with the compiler; otherwise, make sure the +The compiler needs the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable (x64). WinGet and +Chocolatey install it along with the compiler; otherwise, make sure the [latest version](https://learn.microsoft.com/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist) is installed.