How does LTSC install the terminal?

[Hiddensu]

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[DHowett-MSFT]

It doesn’t, sorry.

[zadjii-msft]

For more context: we've discussed this at length previously why the terminal doesn't work on older versions of Windows. From another discussion:

#1643 (comment)

Sorry. Right now, there's two big blockers to adoption on 1809.

* XAML islands was a technology preview and didn't support high-DPI, DPI changes, or accessibility in 1809. We rely on them heavily.

* 1903 added support for side-by-side WinRT component activation, something deep in the COM stack that lets us find our DLLs when they're right next to our EXE.

We just can't go back to 1809.

#1909 (comment)

the Windows Terminal REQUIRES features from the latest Windows release.

Unfortunately, there's really no workarounds available to us. XAML Islands is the technology we use to host our XAML UI in a Win32 process. Without that, we'd be unable to display anything. Since XAML Islands is only complete as of the latest Windows 10 release, there's nothing we can do about it.

If you'll want to use the terminal, you'll need to be on the latest Windows 10 version.

#841 (comment)

#498 (comment)

There are no plans currently.

We're dependent upon C++/WinRT and XAML Islands (UWP XAML) for our UI. We're also using DX/DWrite for the text renderer. Unless those are ported to linux sometime, then I'd say there's very little chance we ever support linux.

Furthermore, our entire build system is MsBuild-based, and I could be wrong, but I don't think our build system will work on linux.

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#2024 (comment)

#2480

[nonetrix]

Yeah LSTC is too old and doesn't support stuff needed to run it I guess was hoping I could install it manually rather than from the MS store.

Best bet is to wait for the next version of LTSC when ever that is or use normal Windows 10, you could also look at alacritty I use it on Linux and apparently it's on windows, uses rust and opengl might not be as good but it's something and it's better than cmd.

[ghost]

Windows Terminal successfully installs on Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 with Add-AppXPackage. Yeah it finally got an update.

[rj-hwang]

Windows Terminal successfully installs on Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 with Add-AppXPackage. Yeah it finally got an update.

How?

[ghost]

Windows Terminal successfully installs on Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 with Add-AppXPackage. Yeah it finally got an update.

How?

Please, if you know how to use powershell then you must be able yo install a package. I mean just google it and you’ll get an immediate answer. Why even bother to ask here?

[averyfreeman]

Yeah LSTC is too old and doesn't support stuff needed to run it I guess was hoping I could install it manually rather than from the MS store.

Best bet is to wait for the next version of LTSC when ever that is or use normal Windows 10, you could also look at alacritty I use it on Linux and apparently it's on windows, uses rust and opengl might not be as good but it's something and it's better than cmd.

I am on new LTSC 2021 install. After installing MS Store (for AppX), install MS App Installer from MS Store (has Winget, etc.).

Update: May need to install VCLib110 and 120 in addition to UWP UI and VCLib140 on certain LTSC builds (e.g. LTSC IoT).

[K7CTC]

Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 21H2 (19044.2604)

Download the C++ Runtime Framework for your architecture. In my case this was:
Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx

Download the Windows 10 Terminal msix bundle from the releases page. In my case this was:
Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_Win10_1.16.10261.0_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle

Open an Administrator PowerShell window (right click and run as Administrator).

Navigate to your download directory.

Use Add-AppxPackage to install the C++ framework then Terminal. In my case this was:
Add-AppxPackage .\Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx
then
Add-AppxPackage .\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_Win10_1.16.10261.0_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle

Done!

Hopefully this helps someone else looking for the same answer. I'm thrilled to have Terminal up and running on LTSC!

[notrealdev]

Thank @K7CTC
It works for me ☺️

[VitaliyAT]

Windows 10 LTSC 21H2 19044.3324
it runs but can't be install... strange... a lot

Don't want to install MS Store for it... not for this LTSC was installed... Manually copy it in Program Files, create lnk and put it in Start menu. After that, pin it to quick access. Done. It was impossibly made such installer, yea?

[realsarius]

The Windows 10 PreinstallKit in Releases has Windows Terminal and its dependencies for multiple architectures. Just download that, install the dependencies and the terminal and enjoy

[notrealdev]

@VitaliyAT can you try it?

[K7CTC]

@realsarius is correct.

To update my original post:

I'm running Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 21H2 (19044.3448)

Download the Windows Terminal Windows 10 Preinstall Kit from the releases page. In my case this was:
Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.17.11461.0_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle_Windows10_PreinstallKit.zip

Extract to a location of your preference.

Open an Administrator PowerShell window (right click and run as Administrator).

Navigate to the directory you extracted to.

Use Add-AppxPackage to install the prerequisites. In my case this was:
Add-AppxPackage .\Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop_14.0.30704.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.appx
then
Add-AppxPackage .\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7_7.2208.15002.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.appx

Then use Add-AppxPackage to install the Windows Terminal msixbundle file. In my case this was:
Add-AppxPackage .\1ff951bd438b4b28b40cb1599e7c9f72.msixbundle

Done!

Hopefully this helps someone else looking for the same answer. I'm happy to have the latest release of Terminal up and running on LTSC!