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community.windows.win_scoop module – Manage packages using Scoop

Note

This module is part of the community.windows collection (version 2.4.0).

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
Parameters
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Examples

Synopsis

Manage packages using Scoop.
If Scoop is missing from the system, the module will install it.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
architecture aliases: arch string	Force Scoop to install the package of a specific process architecture. Choices: `"32bit"` `"64bit"`
global boolean	Install the app globally Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
independent boolean	Don’t install dependencies automatically Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
name list / elements=string / required	Name of the package(s) to be installed.
no_cache boolean	Don’t use the download cache Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
purge boolean	Remove all persistent data Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
skip_checksum boolean	Skip hash validation Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
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. Choices: `"absent"` `"present"` ← (default)

Examples

- name: Install jq.
  community.windows.win_scoop:
    name: jq

Authors

Jamie Magee (@JamieMagee)

Collection links

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2025 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/windows/win_scoop_module.html