Powershell Script for Bootstrapping Scoop (Powershell 2 will be upgraded to 4.0)

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Scoop Bootstrap Script

Use this script to bootstrap an install of Scoop regardless of your version of Powershell

To use run this from Powershell:

iex (new-object net.webclient).downloadstring('http://bit.ly/1ECcuEn')

scoop-bootstrap.ps1

try {
  "Checking powershell version..."
  
  # get psversion
  $psversion = $psversiontable.psversion.major
  if($psversion -lt 3) {
  
    # update powershell using chocolatey
    "Your Powershell is too old, we need to update it."
  
    iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
    choco install powershell -version 4.0.20141001
  
    "#################################"
    "#  POWERSHELL HAS BEEN UPDATED  #"
    "#     A REBOOT IS REQUIRED      #"
    "#        RUN THIS AGAIN         #"
    "#       AFTER REBOOTING         #"
    "#################################"
  
  }
  else { 
  
    "Powershell is up-to-date."
  
    "Installing Scoop..."
    iex (new-object net.webclient).downloadstring('https://get.scoop.sh')
  
  }
} 
finally {
  read-host "Press enter to continue..."
}