Add —-source winget to winget commands to prevent winget installing yt-dlp from the Microsoft Store #56
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bashonly
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May 31, 2025
| @@ -196,12 +196,12 @@ choco upgrade yt-dlp | |||
| ### [winget](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/) | |||
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| ```powershell | |||
| winget install yt-dlp | |||
| winget install yt-dlp --source winget | |||
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| winget install yt-dlp --source winget | |
| winget install --id yt-dlp.yt-dlp -e --source winget |
| ``` | ||
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| To update, run: | ||
| ```powershell | ||
| winget upgrade yt-dlp | ||
| winget upgrade yt-dlp --source winget |
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| winget upgrade yt-dlp --source winget | |
| winget upgrade --id yt-dlp.yt-dlp -e --source winget |
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By default winget will search both the Microsoft Store and the Winget manifests. Whilst the winget manifest repo is moderated (importantly, manifests presumably have to use the official binaries), I highly doubt that the Microsoft Store has the same level of moderation (for a start, it uses binaries instead of manifests). Whilst I’m not aware of any packages named yt-dlp in the Microsoft Store, it’s best to avoid that risk all together
EDIT: I’m not sure which order it prioritises sources in, so it’s possible that it prioritises the winget manifests. Either way it's best to manually specify it