Milnak's Scoop Bucket

Stuff that I use that isn't in the official scoop buckets.

Getting Started

Add bucket

scoop bucket add milnak https://github.com/milnak/scoop-bucket

Check that it works

scoop bucket list

Should see something like:

Name         Source                                         Updated               Manifests
----         ------                                         -------               ---------
milnak       https://github.com/milnak/scoop-bucket         2/1/2024 11:43:26 AM          0

Search for app

scoop search windbg

Should see something like:

Name   Version        Source Binaries
----   -------        ------ --------
windbg 1.2402.24001.0 milnak

Install app

scoop install milnak/windbg

Run app

windbg.exe

Manifest Notes

After determining a regular expression at regex101, convert it to a JSON string using e.g.:

'<a href="\/documents\/2393\/GuitarLab_Win_v([\d\.]+)_E\.zip">' | ConvertTo-Json

cemu.json

I tried creating a cemu_config.ini and adding "persist": "cemu_config.ini", to force portable mode, but couldn't get it to work, as I think that cemu is deleting the .ini file which loses the SymbolicLink. I've created a hack to workaround this.

cemu places all files in same location as cemu_config.ini, so by passing persist_dir to "--settings", all of the other files (e.g. cemu_image.ce) will be placed in persist folder as well.

chordpro.json

checkver.github uses regex '/releases/tag/(?:v|V)?([\d.]+)', but ChordPro uses R6.050 !

minor is '050' but installer uses '50'

clonespy.json

This is a nullsoft installer, which is 7zip-wrapped.

ctrlr.json

Ctrlr-5.3.201.exe is a nullsoft (7-zip) installer.

foobar2000-preview

Latest foobar2000 version.

grief.json

checkver.github uses regex '/releases/tag/(?:v|V)?([\d.]+)', but grief uses '3.2.3-build-26'.

Thanks, JSONPath Online Evaluator!

See ~/scoop/apps/scoop/current/lib/autoupdate.ps1 - $versionVariables.

jjazzlab.json

Version is 4.1.0, but download path is "/4.1.0/JJazzLab-4.1.0a-win64-setup.exe". Use api.github to get browser_download_url with a regex to match version ("4.1.0") and build ("4.1.0a").

Hash will search for hash pattern, e.g. "md5sum: 7b22dfef0c319daca8c1202f12592f24" on URL. See Using Built-in RegEx in autoupdate.hash.

knobkraftorm.json

"checkver": "github", should suffice, but a 2.3.2 only for MacOS was released which caused CheckVer to fail.

Add requirement for versions/innounp-unicode

midi-ox.json

midioxse.exe is a self-extracting zip containing a MSI file.

Expand-MsiArchive - see this.

MIDI-OX showed invalid install without a personal license added, so if no license is set, registry keys will be set to personal license by default.

notepad4.json

Scoop's notepad2-zufuliu is out of date. This is up to date.

portable-build-tools.json

On a clean (Windows Sandbox) VM, PortableBuildTools.exe wasn't located. In post_install, I changed "PortableBuildTools.exe" to "& (Join-Path $dir 'PortableBuildTools.exe')" to fix this issue.

My devenv.ps1 script is now integrated into the installer, so I removed my post_install that would create one.

I also added a shortcut to the devenv.ps1. Had to do a "pre_install" hack as "shortcuts" will only add a shortcut to an item in the install folder it seems.

PortableBuildTools.exe fails if install path includes a SymbolicLink, which scoop uses. To work around that, I reference $original_dir instead of $dir during install.

romcenter.json

Didn't add "bin": [ "datutil.exe", "rc.exe" ] as I don't think these tools are commonly used.

superputty.json

Similar to the one in extras, but this one stores SuperPuTTY.settings in a persist folder rather than under $env:USERPROFILE

sweethome3d.json

Contains persistence bug fix.

synthtribe.json

Found this path using dev tools while loading this.

umi-ocr.json

Persists settings, avoiding known issue

usbdeview.json

This is a fixed version of the manifest that's in nirsoft bucket. scoop is case-sensitive on filenames!

Also, scoop persist requires a file to exist in $dir at install time, or it will be assumed that the object is a folder, so New-Item is used to create an empty file.

wabbitemu.json

See rom_path getting corrupted in wabbitemu.ini (Windows) -- a file "currentwabbitemu.sav" will be placed ion ~/scoop/apps/wabbitemu because of this bug.

windbg.json

Derived from 'winget show Microsoft.windbg'.

Development Notes

For development purposes, this repo should be cloned into ~/scoop/buckets/milnak.

I've created a script "Scoop-Bucket-Utils.ps1" that wraps all of the relevant development scripts. When adding a new script, run ./Scoop-Bucket-Utils.ps1 -Utility CheckHashes,CheckUrls,CheckVer,FormatJson,MissingCheckVer -App [manifest_name] to verify manifest, then ./Scoop-Bucket-Utils.ps1 -Utility Tests to run UTs.

To refresh bucket cache:

scoop update

"scoop update" will update the app when it detects a change in the manifest in the upstream bucket repository. It has nothing to do with checkver. "autoupdate" is just for checkver. You have to run checkver periodically to update the manifest.

To get file hash for "hash" field:

(Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 '.\xscsetup-9.40.0.exe').Hash

Determining installer type

Try:

• trid filename - "scoop install main/trid"
• 7z l filename - "scoop install main/7zip"
  • If you see "$PLUGINSDIR", it might be NSIS (NullSoft installer)
• dark filename - "scoop install main/dark"
• lessmsi o filename - "scoop install main/lessmsi"
• unzip filename - "scoop install main/unzip"

References

App Manifests

App Manifest Autoupdate

Buckets Wiki

Main Bucket

Extras Bucket