Pre Post (un)install scripts

Variables

These variables are available for use in pre_install / installer.script / post_install / pre_uninstall / uninstaller.script / post_uninstall scripts:

Variable	Example	Description
Non-path:
$app	exampleapp	Name of application (name of manifest file)
$architecture	64bit or 32bit	The CPU architecture of the app being installed
$cmd	uninstall, update, install	The subcommand that's currently being run
$cfg	{SCOOP_BRANCH, SCOOP_REPO, lastupdate, etc}	Scoop configuration (powershell object)
$global	$false or $true	$true for global installs/uninstalls
$manifest	@{homepage=https://example.com/; description=Example app; version=2.4.1; url=http://example.com/app-setup.exe;...	Deserialized manifest (powershell object)
$version	1.2.3	Version being installed
Important Paths:
$dir	C:\Users\username\scoop\apps\$app\current C:\ProgramData\scoop\apps\$app\current (global installs)
$persist_dir	C:\Users\username\scoop\persist\$app C:\ProgramData\scoop\persist\$app (global installs)
Other Paths:
$bucketsdir	C:\Users\username\scoop\buckets
$cachedir	C:\Users\username\scoop\cache
$cfgpath	~/.scoop	Path to Scoop configuration
$globaldir	C:\ProgramData\scoop	Typically %ProgramData\scoop, %SCOOP_GLOBAL% overrides)
$modulesdir	C:\Users\username\scoop\modules
$original_dir	C:\Users\username\scoop\apps\$app\1.2.3
$oldscoopdir	C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\scoop
$scoopdir	C:\Users\username\scoop	Base Scoop install dir (typically %USERPROFILE%\scoop, `%SCOOP% overrides)

(check the lib/install script for more details)

The $dir variable

This variable expands to the path with the actual version string in pre_install, pre_uninstall, post_uninstall, installer.script and uninstaller.script fields. However, it expands to the path with the "current" name instead of version in the post_install field.

Functions

appdir

Reference another scoop application. Eg, to check if another application is installed you can use:

"post_install": [ "if (Test-Path \"$(appdir otherapp)\\current\\otherapp.exe\") { <# .. do something .. #> }"