“extract_dir” errors is actually Get-HelperPath -Helper 7zip failing

[rasa]

We’ve received at least 5 reports:
ScoopInstaller/Main#111
ScoopInstaller/Main#120
ScoopInstaller/Main#129
ScoopInstaller/Extras#2279
ScoopInstaller/Extras#2309
that all look like this:

> scoop install mkvtoolnix
Installing 'mkvtoolnix' (34.0.0) [64bit]
Loading mkvtoolnix-64-bit-34.0.0.7z from cache
Checking hash of mkvtoolnix-64-bit-34.0.0.7z ... ok.
Extracting mkvtoolnix-64-bit-34.0.0.7z ... The expression after '&' in a pipeline element produced an object that was not valid. It must result in a command
name, a script block, or a CommandInfo object.
At C:\Users\Hezekiah\scoop\apps\scoop\current\lib\decompress.ps1:69 char:11
+         & (Get-HelperPath -Helper 7zip) x "$Path" -o"$DestinationPath ...
+           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : BadExpression

ERROR Could not find 'mkvtoolnix'! (error 16)

Please try again or create a new issue by using the following link and paste your console output:
https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop-extras/issues/new?title=mkvtoolnix%4034.0.0%3a+extract_dir+error

I wasn’t able to duplicate this issue, so I’m not sure how to debug it. Perhaps if we modified scoop to print out some system config information so we can see if there’s a pattern to these failures?

[rasa]

@putnik reports this issue may due to https://www.7-zip.org/ being blocked in Russia.

@niheaven suggests to fix this via:

• Install 7-zip by yourself (e.g. from GitHub)
• Make sure 7z.exe could be accessed from console (add the 7z.exe directory to your %PATH%)
• Run scoop config 7ZIPEXTRACT_USE_EXTERNAL true to use the 7-zip you just installed manually.
• All done, try re-installing the failed package again via scoop.

[darthwalsh]

Hit this issue today setting up a new windows machine:

PS C:\Users\walshca> scoop install git
WARN  Purging previous failed installation of git.
ERROR 'git' isn't installed correctly.
Removing older version (2.44.0).
'git' was uninstalled.
Installing 'git' (2.44.0) [64bit] from main bucket
Loading PortableGit-2.44.0-64-bit.7z.exe from cache
Checking hash of PortableGit-2.44.0-64-bit.7z.exe ... ok.
Extracting dl.7z ... Invoke-ExternalCommand: C:\Users\walshca\scoop\apps\scoop\current\lib\decompress.ps1:45
Line |
  45 |      $Status = Invoke-ExternalCommand $7zPath $ArgList -LogPath $LogPa …
     |                                       ~~~~~~~
     | Cannot validate argument on parameter 'FilePath'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not
     | null or empty, and then try the command again.

(Maybe it was caused because i was trying to run scoop from powershell.exe first, from a shell that accidentally didn't have C:\Users\walshca\scoop\shims in the path?)

Workaround was to first run scoop install 7zip

[DGrv]

I add this issue as well.
Update 7zip first.
scoop update 7zip