Winget-cli: Unable to identify the correct package (docker desktop) by name, moniker or version

[PreetSangha]

Brief description of your issue

Steps to reproduce

Am trying to install the latest (stable docker release) but winget can't identify the package:

C:\Users\preet> winget show docker
Multiple apps found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name                Id                       Version       Matched
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Docker Desktop      Docker.DockerDesktop     2.3.0.3.45519 Moniker: docker
Docker Desktop Edge Docker.DockerDesktopEdge 2.3.1.0.45408

C:\Users\preet> winget install docker
Multiple apps found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name                Id                       Version       Matched
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Docker Desktop      Docker.DockerDesktop     2.3.0.3.45519 Moniker: docker
Docker Desktop Edge Docker.DockerDesktopEdge 2.3.1.0.45408

C:\Users\preet> winget install --moniker docker
Multiple apps found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name                Id                       Version       Matched
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Docker Desktop      Docker.DockerDesktop     2.3.0.3.45519 Moniker: docker
Docker Desktop Edge Docker.DockerDesktopEdge 2.3.1.0.45408 Moniker: docker-edge

C:\Users\preet> winget install --moniker "docker"
Multiple apps found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name                Id                       Version       Matched
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Docker Desktop      Docker.DockerDesktop     2.3.0.3.45519 Moniker: docker
Docker Desktop Edge Docker.DockerDesktopEdge 2.3.1.0.45408 Moniker: docker-edge

C:\Users\preet> winget install Docker.DockerDesktop -v 2.3.0.3.45519
Multiple apps found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name                Id                       Version
----------------------------------------------------------
Docker Desktop      Docker.DockerDesktop     2.3.0.3.45519
Docker Desktop Edge Docker.DockerDesktopEdge 2.3.1.0.45408

Expected behavior

All of the above options should have worked independently.

Note: when I tried --moniker - notice how the 2.3.1.0.45408 package suddenly started showing a moniker too.

Actual behavior

None of the above commands correctly identified the package

Environment

C:\Users\preet> winget --info
Windows Package Manager v0.1.41331 Preview
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.20150.1000
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.0.41331.0

Links:
  Privacy Statement: https://aka.ms/winget-privacy
  License agreement: https://aka.ms/winget-license
  3rd Party Notices: https://aka.ms/winget-3rdPartyNotice
  Homepage:          https://aka.ms/winget

Any other software?

wsl2

[megamorf]

Please try:

winget install Docker.DockerDesktop --exact

[PreetSangha]

Thanks. That worked. Why would the others not work?

[megamorf]

Because winget uses a substring search by default, say you have the following two packages:

FooBar

Then winget install Foo will match Foo as well as FooBar. Adding --exact causes winget to treat the specified string Foo as a literal instead, matching exactly what you were searching for. Note that using --exact is case-sensitive at the moment which means searching foo would not match Foo and FooBar.

[PreetSangha]

Thank you. I appreciate the response, but what about the version and moniker ones I tried?

[denelon]

The version isn't taken into consideration until a match on the package happens.

[PreetSangha]

Thanks. And the moniker? @denelon Will this be picked up please/?

[ThomasAunvik]

Annoying when installing thunderbird too.

Though using --exact did fix it.

[mbialecka]

Winget should suggest using -e flag or have interactive dialog on which app to install. I shouldn't need to google how to do this.

[denelon]

This looks similar to #292

[denelon]

Changing this issue to a "Task" to update the text output.

Multiple apps found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Try winget install <Id> --exact

[MikkelHegn]

This is a very frustrating user experience.

I would expect a substring to only take effect if I don't use any argument (e.g. --Moniker, --Id or --Name). Alternately let me specify a wildcard character in those cases, instead of defaulting to a substring search.

This is what I intuitively tried to get VS Code installed:

[denelon]

I believe this was resolved in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/tag/v0.1.42101-preview.