Support non-installer .exe (Direct download or via Pwsh script)

[MichelDiz]

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Some companies maintain windows binaries without an installation package. But perfectly valid. I would like to be able to use Winget to install such a package without the need to create a .msi or similar. (which would make the process more complex and difficult to maintain)

Something like Homebrew. But focusing on the Windows context.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

e.g:

OBS. Windows, today, has native support for TAR.

Via YAML

Id: Dgraph-io.Dgraph
Publisher: Dgraph Labs Inc.
Name: Dgraph
Description: Fast, Distributed Graph DB.
Version: 20.03.0
Homepage: https://dgraph.io
Tags: Go,Graph,DB
License: Apache 2.0
LicenseUrl: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/master/licenses/DCL.txt
InstallerType: gz # enumeration of supported installer types (exe, msi, msix, zip, tar, gz, ps1)
Installers:
  - Arch: x64 # enumeration of supported architectures
    URL: https://github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/releases/download/v20.03.0/dgraph-windows-amd64.tar.gz
    Sha256: string # SHA256 calculated from installer
    InstallerType: manual
    pathToInstall: "%SystemDrive%\program files\dgraph-io\"
# ManifestVersion: 0.1.0

Via PS1

InstallerType: ps1 # enumeration of supported installer types (exe, msi, msix, zip, tar, gz, ps1)
Installers:
  - Arch: x64 # enumeration of supported architectures
    URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dgraph-io/install-scripts/master/install.ps1
    Sha256: string # SHA256 would be calculated in a TMP path with the downloaded .exe via install.ps1
# ManifestVersion: 0.1.0

[koppor]

Seems to be a refinement of #182.

Strongly related:

• Support for installation of static exe files #194 (which just asks for support of downloading .exe files and copying it to some directory reachable from the PATH).
• Support installing .zip files #140 (which asks for some unzipping. The discussion is interesting)
• winget-cli .zip files not supported winget-pkgs#174 (which asks for zip files)
• Support for installation of portable/standalone apps #182 (asks for support of portable apps; which are typically contained in a .zip archive)

[denelon]

@MichelDiz this looks like a Duplicate of #182. We do plan to support portable/standalone applications and .zip in a similar manner. The intent would be to have the Windows Package Manager generate entries in Apps & Features so we can make sure the path is maintained, and we can perform upgrades.

[ghost]

@MichelDiz we've identified this Issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced Issue. Thanks for your report! Be sure to add your 👍 to the other issue to help raise the priority.