Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware
Appupdater: Command line utility for keeping your apps up to date
by Brad Linder Dec 19th 2007
Here's how it works. Once you've downloaded and installed Appupdater, you can either run it by clicking on a shortcut or by running the Appupdater command using a command line box (which you can pull up by typing "cmd" into the Run box in your start menu.
While there is a graphical interface, it's pretty ugly and the command line version is actually much easier to use. Here are a few commands to get you started:
- "appupdater --update" will grab a list of available packages (or programs) from a server.
- "appupdater --list" shows a list of installed packages on your system. Note, this is not a complete list of installed application, but rather a list of packages available in the repository which you have already installed.
- "appupdater --available" displays a full list of available packages.
- "appupdater --install PKG" will let you download and install a package. For example, "appupdater --install pidgin" downloads and installs the latest version of Pidgin.
- "appupdater --upgrade" will download and install updates for all supported applications that have available updates.
- "appupdater --remove PKG" uninstalls a specified package.
AppUpdater does not by any means support every freeware application available for Windows. But it does have a pretty good list of apps. And you can also create your own custom repositories.
We've seen other attempts to create a Linux-style package management system for Windows. But Appupdater definitely seems to be the most useful of the bunch.
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