Problem installing ganache

[Alejandrosd97]

When i clicked to install ganache an .appx file is downloaded. As far as i know, to install a program whit that extension i have to open powershell, type add-appxpackage and then the path to the file. The process starts well but gives me the following error (I'm translating from spanish so maybe the error translation is not 100% accurate):

add-appxpackage : implementation error with HRESULT: 0x80080204, the manifest of package Appx is not valid
The element m:package of the root of the document must be defined in the space of names http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2010/manifest.

Do you now what is happening? Is there any way to download ganache as a .exe or zip?
Thank you

The original error in spanish:
add-appxpackage : Error de implementación con HRESULT: 0x80080204, El manifiesto del paquete Appx no es válido.
error 0x80080204: error de validación del manifiesto de la aplicación: El elemento m:Package de la raíz del documento
debe definirse en el espacio de nombres http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2010/manifest.

[PatrickAlphaC]

Can you please add all the commands you ran and exact steps you took?

[Alejandrosd97]

I've just downloaded ganache from the website you showed on the video, I searched on the internet how to open the file that gets downloaded, so I followed the instructions I found. I opened powershell and I typed the following command:

add-appxpackage C:\Ganache-2.5.4-win-x64.appx

The command seems to be right beacuse it gets initialised, but then then throws the error I mentioned

I'm using Windows 8.1

I have gone on with the course without ganache and everything is fine. I haven't completed it yet but it seems ganache is not used again in the tutorial, so i don't think is an issue, right?

Thanks for your help!

[mattjaf]

Ay amigo, whats operating system are your running?

You can download the desktop version here:
https://trufflesuite.com/ganache/

other versions are here:
https://github.com/trufflesuite/ganache-ui/releases

They also have a CLI version, which you can install from the command line.
https://github.com/trufflesuite/ganache

Hardhat has a built in back end, so you don't really need to worry about it too much.