Install Winget on Windows 2022 or Windows 10 LSTC

Install Winget on Windows 2022 or Windows 10 LTSC

Install Pre-reqs

Install Microsoft.UI.Xaml/2.8.6

Navigate to https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.UI.Xaml/2.8.6, on the left side look for Download Package button to download microsoft.ui.xaml.2.8.6.nupkg.

Using 7-zip, extract microsoft.ui.xaml.2.8.6.nupkg\tools\AppX\x64\Release\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8.appx

Install

PS C:\>Add-AppxPackage .\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8.appx

Install Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop

Download https://aka.ms/Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx

Install

PS C:\>Add-AppxPackage .\Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx

Install Winget

Download Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle or any recent versions (tested using 1.8.1911) from Github

Download license file 76fba573f02545629706ab99170237bc_License1.xml (should be one of the artifacts) from Github, the same URL from above.

Install (on elevated cmd/shell)

PS C:\>cd ~/Downloads
PS C:\Users\u1\Downloads> Add-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online -PackagePath .\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle -LicensePath .\76fba573f02545629706ab99170237bc_License1.xml -Verbose

If you are in a hurry, you can grab the script below and run it on a PowerShell console
And if you trust me ;), run below:

iex (Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/technoscavenger/37f06e23daa833d0c7bee1d378ff332e/raw/122d300c8a6bb711dcd70652551599818dfdb09e/InstallWinget.ps1")

Refs: https://8thstring.blogspot.com/2023/04/install-winget-on-windows-2022.html

QNX: Running a function at specific interval using timer interrupt

#include <iostream>
#include <csignal>
#include <ctime>
#include <cerrno>
#include <cstring>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <stdio.h>

void timer_handler(int signo) { 
    struct timeval tv;
    gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
    char buf[100];
    struct tm* nowtm;
    nowtm = localtime(&tv.tv_sec);
    strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", nowtm);
    printf("Timer expired at %s.%03ld\n", buf, tv.tv_usec / 1000);
}

int main() {
    timer_t timerid;
    struct sigevent sev;
    struct itimerspec its;
    struct sigaction sa;

    // Install the timer handler
    sa.sa_flags = 0;
    sa.sa_handler = timer_handler;
    sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
    if (sigaction(SIGRTMIN, &sa, NULL) == -1) {
        std::cerr << "sigaction: " << errno << std::endl;
        return -1;
    }

    // Create the timer
    sev.sigev_notify = SIGEV_SIGNAL;
    sev.sigev_signo = SIGRTMIN;
    if (timer_create(CLOCK_REALTIME, &sev, &timerid) == -1) {
        std::cerr << "timer_create: " << errno << std::endl;
        return -1;
    }

    // Set the timer to expire every second
    its.it_value.tv_sec = 1;
    its.it_value.tv_nsec = 0;
    its.it_interval.tv_sec = 1;
    its.it_interval.tv_nsec = 0;
    if (timer_settime(timerid, 0, &its, NULL) == -1) {
        std::cerr << "timer_settime: " << errno << std::endl;
        return -1;
    }

    // Main loop
    while (true) {
        pause(); // Wait for signals
    }

    return 0;
}

CPP Quick Guide

Basics
Hello world
User input
While loop
If statement
For loop
Switch statement
Read file using ifstream
Write to a file using ofstream

Containers
Basic usage of std::list
Basic usage of std::map
Basic usage of std::vector
Data type conversion

Windows API with Exmaples
DeviceIoControl
FindFirstVolumeW
GetDiskFreeSpaceExW
GetLogicalDrives
GetLogicalDriveStrings

C++/WinRT
C++/WinRT Hello World

QNX
Using timer interrupt

Qt Cross-platform
Installing Qt Creator 9.0.1 on Windows 10
Qt console hello world
Qt Widget hello world
Qt Widget hello world code only


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