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Scoop crashcourse
scoop is a command-line installer for Windows. This crashcourse provides a quick overview of its features and usage.
Advantages of using scoop
- No need for administration rights - Everything is installed on your local account.
- No dependency hell - with space being a tradeoff , every package is installed with its own set of dependencies.
- Uses shims to prevent overpopulating the
PATH
- Application repository is a git repository
A short introduction on how to use scoop
To search for an application:
scoop search msys2
The scoop
, if found, returns a bucket where the application was found and the version:
e.g.
'main' bucket: msys2 (20180531)
To install an application:
scoop install msys2
To update an application:
scoop update msys2
To list all packages installed within scoop
(within the [
and ]
you will get a bucket from which is the application installed from)
scoop list
e.g. installed Ant 1.9
from bucket: versions
:
ant19 1.9.13 [versions]
To check the scoop & applications' state (updated or not):
scoop state
To update repositories & buckets within scoop
:
scoop update
To update only one application:
scoop update msys2
To update all applications installed:
scoop update *
To add a bucket, which is a repository in linux terms (e.g. java):
scoop bucket add java
To list all used buckets:
scoop bucket list
For more information about scoop visit the scoop's pages or scoop's wiki.