Introduction
WinGet is a command line tool that acts as the client interface to the Windows Package Manager service. Through WinGet you can discover, install, upgrade, remove and configure applications on your Windows computer. It works in a similar way to package managers on Linux distributions e.g. Pacman found on Manjaro Linux.
This article uses PowerShell running in the Windows Terminal to execute WinGet commands to install Python on Windows 11.
Search
To find the Python versions available to install in the Windows Package Manager service, use WinGet to search by Id (searching for just Python will return a lot more results). The result will be all Python versions available to install.
winget search Python.PythonInstall
Choose the Python version you want to install e.g. Python.Python.3.12
winget install Python.Python.3.12Verify
Verify that Python (and its package manager Pip) installed correctly.
python --version
pip --versionUpgrade
The WinGet upgrade command lets you upgrade your Python to the latest point release e.g. 3.12.5 -> 3.12.6
winget upgrade Python.Python.3.12Conclusion
WinGet and the Windows Package Manager help to streamline the process of installing and updating command line tools on your Windows computer and complements the Microsoft Store where you can search for and install GUI applications.