Install instructions for Windows in README

[pda]

README.md should briefly show how to install on Windows. I think actual usage on Windows is roughly covered by USAGE.md (i.e. it's the same as on unixish systems). I'd PR these install instructions instead of opening an issue, but I have no idea how to install aws-vault on Windows ;)

(Side-note: #123 will lead to Windows releases with .exe file extension, making installation a little more obvious, I think. But people may still be expecting it's an installer, not the program itself.)

[mtibben]

Might be worth adding aws-vault to scoop for a brew-like experience on Windows. Makes for simple install instructions, and scoop can worry about installing, where to put the binary etc.

[lox]

Never heard of scoop, https://chocolatey.org/ has some reasonable traction.

[Devin82m]

Is there any traction on this? Some of us don't have a choice but to use Windows at work and aws-vault would be incredibly useful, my team has to manage 6 different AWS accounts (each of us have a user in each AWS account). I would prefer to use Linux, but can't currently justify it with as many Windows servers we have to support.

[mtibben]

No traction, PRs welcome

[amitsaha]

We have been downloading the .exe, and have been running it in server mode for local AWS access and it has been working well. I could add that admittedly straightforward instructions as a PR if you want to look.

[gusztavvargadr]

Here's a first take with Chocolatey. Still pending approval, but you can test by specifying the version number.

https://chocolatey.org/packages/aws-vault/
gusztavvargadr/aws-vault-chocolatey#7

Any feedback please let me know ;)

[lox]

Super exciting! I'll check it out, thanks for your efforts @gusztavvargadr!

[virgilwashere]

For anyone else getting to this Issue via a search.

Specify the version on the install line to get package still in moderation...

carob install aws-vault --version=4.5.1

(carob is an admin wrapper for choco)

I'm actually writing up installation instructions for my team, so I'll submit a copy back here when I'm done. I'm using WSL Ubuntu on Windows 10, and I'm trying to get this all working with one authoritative aws-vault instance.

[gusztavvargadr]

@virgilwashere great tip, yes, it takes a couple of days until they approve new packages (it just got the green light btw, see https://chocolatey.org/packages/aws-vault/4.5.1).

[mtibben]

This appears to be fixed