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Use Scoop To Linux-isize Your Windows 10!
How To Make Your Windows Installations Feel More Like Linux
One of the most hair-pulling aspects of Windows? Those endless, click-frenzy software installations. If you’re steeped in the Linux world, you’re likely accustomed to the sorcery of simply firing up a terminal and weaving a few magical commands. Presto! Your desired software gets plucked from a central repository and settles cozily onto your machine — all through the elegance of a line or two of bash.
Now, wouldn’t it be a dream if Windows danced to this same rhythm?
Enter scoop. Crafted with the sole intent of making Windows sing the Linux installation song, scoop is as avant-garde as they come. Not only does it house packages from most sought-after programming languages, but it's also a treasure trove of other invaluable tools—all neatly stacked in repositories, or as the cool kids say, "buckets."
For all the Linux aficionados begrudgingly tethered to Windows — likely because of a paycheck-driven day job — scoop is set to become your new digital confidant.
The cherry on top? No need to flex those admin muscles. scoop slips onto your computer without demanding admin privileges, and the same goes for its software installations. Everything nestles in locally, reminiscent of the modus operandi of conda.
Oh, and speaking of conda, guess what? You can niftily get miniconda or anaconda aboard using scoop.
Install Scoop
Open a PowerShell and type:
# first, ensure that your PowerShell execution policy allows scripts to run
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -scope CurrentUser
# then install scoop
iwr -useb get.scoop.sh | iex
# or alternatively:
# iex (new-object net.webclient).downloadstring('https://get.scoop.sh')Make sure, that $HOME\scoop\shims is in your $PATH variable:
$env:PATH # you should see $HOME\scoop\shims somewhere!Add your first bucket — in this case extras:
scoop bucket add extrasAfter that, test the installation — install e.g. miniconda:
scoop install miniconda
