Jack Wallen demonstrates how to install software from the command line on Ubuntu, AlmaLinux, Arch Linux, and openSUSE.

If you want to use Sxstrace.exe command line tool to diagnose side-by-side errors on Windows 11/10, see this post for guidance.

Developers must stop saving secrets in code. One way to avoid that is to use HashiCorp's Vault. Jack Wallen shows you how to install this tool and take your first steps in its usage.

The Windows Package Manager service and the winget.exe command-line tool are now available in public preview for everyone to test. Winget comes with the preview version of Windows App Installer ...

In addition to command-line UNIX tools, Homebrew also allows you to install some standard Mac apps via its cask flag, which is very similar to the regular install command.

The Windows Package Manager is a command-line tool that makes it easier to discover, download, install, update, and even remove apps on Windows 11 or 10 installations with Command Prompt, reducing ...

If you want a very efficient way to keep track of your task lists from the command line, Taskwarrior is the tool to use.

Use the PnPUtil.ex tool to install, update, delete Drivers using the Command Prompt (Admin) in Windows 11/10. Drvload, works only in Windows PE.

But these aforementioned Java command-line tools -- namely, javac, javap, jstat, jdeps and jar -- are the five that serious software developers need to know.

While you could install multiple apps to accomplish automation tasks, there are plenty of command line tools that can abstract away complex tasks, whichever operating system you're using at the time.