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community.windows.win_scoop – Manage packages using Scoop
Note
This plugin is part of the community.windows collection (version 1.7.0).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.windows.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.windows.win_scoop.
Synopsis
- Manage packages using Scoop.
 - If Scoop is missing from the system, the module will install it.
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| architecture
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Force Scoop to install the package of a specific process architecture.
        
       aliases: arch  | 
     
| global
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Install the app globally
         | 
     
| independent
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Don't install dependencies automatically
         | 
     
| name
        
        list / elements=string / required
         | 
      
        
        Name of the package(s) to be installed.
         | 
     |
| no_cache
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Don't use the download cache
         | 
     
| purge
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Remove all persistent data
         | 
     
| skip_checksum
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Skip hash validation
         | 
     
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        State of the package on the system.
        
       
        When  
       absent, will ensure the package is not installed.
       
        When  present, will ensure the package is installed.
        | 
     
See Also
See also
- chocolatey.chocolatey.win_chocolatey
 - 
     
The official documentation on the chocolatey.chocolatey.win_chocolatey module.
 - Scoop website
 - 
     
More information about Scoop
 - Scoop installer repository
 - 
     
GitHub repository for the Scoop installer
 - Scoop main bucket
 - 
     
GitHub repository for the main bucket
 
Examples
- name: Install jq.
  community.windows.win_scoop:
    name: jq
  Authors
- Jamie Magee (@JamieMagee)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/windows/win_scoop_module.html