How to install Microsoft Windows Terminal

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Alright, this should be a fairly simple question, but failing every possibilities, I'm afraid that it is becoming a loaded one, just to get Microsoft Windows Terminal installed.

The Microsoft Windows Terminal

is a new, modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application for users of command-line tools and shells like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and WSL. Its main features include multiple tabs, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and custom themes, styles, and configurations.

It is an open source project available at https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

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  • Trying to install with choco install microsoft-windows-terminal, I'll get:

    ERROR: The running command stopped because the preference variable "ErrorActionPreference" or common parameter is set to Stop: Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF3, Package failed updates, dependency or conflict validation.
    
    Windows cannot install package Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_0.11.1121.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe because this package depends on a framework that could not be found. Provide the framework "Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00" published by "CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US", with neutral or x64 processor architecture and minimum version 14.0.27810.0, along with this package to install. The frameworks with name "Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00" currently installed are: {Microsoft.VCLibs.140
    Windows cannot install package Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_0.11.1121.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe because this package depends on a framework that could not be found. Provide the framework "Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00" published by "CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US", with neutral or x64 processor architecture and minimum version 14.0.27810.0, along with this package to install. The frameworks with name "Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00" currently installed are: {Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.26706.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.26706.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe}
    

Although I've exhausted all my searches and am sure that I have the dependent thing:

PS > Get-AppxPackage -allusers *Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00* | Select Name, PackageFullName

Name                               PackageFullName
----                               ---------------
Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop_14.0.26905.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00            Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.26706.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00            Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.26706.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe
Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop_14.0.27810.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

So, once again, simple question, how to get Microsoft Windows Terminal installed? thx.

windows
powershell
chocolatey
windows-terminal
asked on Stack Overflow Apr 22, 2020 by xpt

2 Answers

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Installing it straight from the Microsoft Store didn't work for me either. In Windows 10 1909, I did (it's an msix). Note that the appx commands are gone in powershell 7.1.

Add-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_0.11.1191.0_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle

and it installed ok.

get-appxpackage microsoft.windowsterminal


Name              : Microsoft.WindowsTerminal
Publisher         : CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Architecture      : X64
ResourceId        :
Version           : 0.11.1191.0
PackageFullName   : Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_0.11.1191.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
InstallLocation   : C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_0.11.1191.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
IsFramework       : False
PackageFamilyName : Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe
PublisherId       : 8wekyb3d8bbwe
IsResourcePackage : False
IsBundle          : False
IsDevelopmentMode : False
NonRemovable      : False
Dependencies      : {Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.27810.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe,
                    Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop_14.0.27810.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe}
IsPartiallyStaged : False
SignatureKind     : Store
Status            : Ok

Alt-down arrow-settings to get the default settings json.

answered on Stack Overflow May 5, 2020 by js2010 • edited Nov 16, 2020 by js2010
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You should install this dependence: Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00. You can get it only from VLSC ISO image called "SW_DVD9_NTRL_Win_10_1903_32_64_ARM64_MultiLang_App_Update_X22-01657.ISO" (if your Windows 10 version is 1903/1909). Google it. The site with alive link will be in the top of search. Unfortunately these kind of packages is distributed only within VLSC.

answered on Stack Overflow May 2, 2020 by farag

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