Scoop is a command line installer for Windows. Use this tag only for programming questions related to the scoop installer, or when the reason for a particular error was the use of the scoop installer. For general computing questions about using the scoop installer itself, consider posting on Super User instead.
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`git filter-repo` commands output nothing on Windows
I installed git-filter-repo via scoop, tried multiple git filter-repo commands e.g. git filter-repo -h, they all logged nothing, no warning or error, just nothing.
Tried rebooting, reinstalling, and installing it on another Windows 10 computer, all…

Wenfang Du
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git ssh authentication fails with ssh_askpass: posix_spawn: Unknown error
I am using a setup on Windows 10 x64 where I install and manage git via scoop, rather downloading and executing the installer myself. Via the PowerShell, I ran
scoop install git
scoop install openssh
[environment]::setenvironmentvariable('GIT_SSH',…

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How to balance security (PowerShell execution policy changes) concerns around installation of Scoop on Windows?
I would like to try Scoop on Windows and its docs ask for "PowerShell must be enabled for your user account" by running
PS > Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
When I run the command I am seeing a warning saying…

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Update pwsh with Scoop?
When trying to update Powershell Core with scoop via scoop update pwsh, I get the following error:
ERROR Application "pwsh" is still running. Close all instances and try again.
I tried closing PowerShell and updating via cmd, but it still throws…

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Installing scoop fails: "Running the installer as administrator is disabled by default, see https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Install#for-admin"
Whenever i run the command line to install scoop on windows through Powershell, it just says "Running the installer as administrator is disabled by default, see https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Install#for-admin for details."
I have tried to run…

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Can't update the symfony CLI through scoop
When I try to update symfony through this command:
scoop update symfony-cli
It says:
Scoop was updated successfully!
symfony-cli: 5.4.12 (latest version)
Latest versions for all apps are installed! For more information try 'scoop status'
Scoop is…

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Is it possible to install a 32bit Java JDK/JRE with Scoop?
Is it possible to install 32 bit versions of Java Buckets with Scoop?
I've searched the different Java versions with
scoop search jre
scoop search jdk
But I can't see an option to choose for a 32 bit version.

Lieven Cardoen
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neovim on windows with FZF
I am using neovim-qt on windows. I have install fzf with help of Scoop package manager on windows.
All the required plugins for neovim are installed using vim-plug and list under a file called _plugrc. (Other plugged plug-ins are working without any…

Priyank Thakkar
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How can I create Windows Container Docker image with Scoop preinstalled?
I have a Windows Server 2016 AWS Workspace. I was able to install Docker. I want to create an image that has Java 8 and the Scoop package manager. I get Java installed fine and the Scoop install runs during docker build but when I run the container,…

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Error adding Starship command line in Windows PowerShell profile
I added scoop, then Starship just as the Starship official website says using the command scoop install starship. Then I added the line copied from the Starship website to the PowerShell profile:
Invoke-Expression (&starship init powershell)
But it…

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scoop installed git bash: "Open Git Bash" here context menu
I have installed git via Scoop on Windows 10 x64.
Using the detailed instruction from this answer I created my own reg script, to add a "Open Git Bash" command in the context menu of Windows Explorer, for my own user:
Windows Registry Editor…

fritzmg
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Can't launch VS Code from Windows Terminal inside WSL 2
I installed VS Code using the Scoop package manager.
I get this error when launching VS Code from Windows Terminal, inside WSL 2:
My theory is that the error is caused because I used Scoop instead of the regular installer.
Should I use the regular…

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ctags.exe & etags.exe return Permission denied
I have ctags.exe and etags.exe installed via scoop installer and emacs app.
No matter how I run it, I always get a Permission denied error output.
Whether with CMD user or admin permissions (elevated permissions thing).
tomas@NUC8I7HVK…

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git on Windows installed via scoop: the handle is invalid
Today I started experiencing this error on Windows 10 CMD terminal:
C:\WINDOWS\System32>git.exe --version
error reading exit code: The handle is invalid.
C:\WINDOWS\System32>where git.exe
C:\Users\etomort\scoop\shims\git.exe
My git installation as…

nephewtom
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Build error when installing certain tools on AppVeyor CI via Scoop
I've created the following appveyor.yml file:
init:
- ps: iex (new-object net.webclient).downloadstring('https://get.scoop.sh')
install:
- ps: scoop install ruby
which aims at installing Ruby, but the build fails with:
scoop install ruby
Installing…

kenorb
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