Specify installer architecture

[denelon]

Add an argument and settings to specify installer architecture

As a user I would like to be able to specify which architecture an installer should use on my machine.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

This could be an argument like: winget install foo.bar --architecture x86

There could also be settings to specify a "preferred" architecture or a "required" architecture.

Given a "required" architecture, the search results could be trimmed to include only packages with manifests supporting my "required" architecture.

[KaranKad]

Maybe something easy to type like for e.g winget install 7-Zip --arch x86 and so on --arch x64, --arch arm, --arch arm64

[denelon]

@KaranKad we tend to use the double hyphen with the long form, and a single hyphen with a single character. For example:

The following options are available:
  -v,--version  Display the version of the tool

We might have something like:

 -a, --architecture Use the specified architecture

[HStry]

Seconded. Just used winget to install adobe reader, but while running winget from the regular (not x86) powershell, it installed the 32-bit variant even though a 64-bit adobe reader exists.

[blackwind]

To add to @HStry's comment, the reverse use case is also important -- I require the 32-bit version of Python to interface with other 32-bit programs, but, currently, no option for that. Excited to fully migrate from Chocolatey once all the necessary features are in place.

[chbwien]

Or notepad++ is available in 32 and 64 bit versions, but some plugins are only available for 32 bit. So it makes sense to install the 32 bit edition on 64 bit OS...