PowerShellGet Commands

powershell_get_commands.md

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PowerShellGet Commands	PowerShell command examples to discover, install, update and publish PowerShell artifacts, and from the online PowerShell Gallery	Jon LaBelle	June 1, 2019	https://jonlabelle.com/snippets/view/markdown/powershellget-commands	false

PowerShellGet is a module with commands for discovering, installing, updating and publishing PowerShell artifacts like Modules, DSC Resources, Role Capabilities, and Scripts. --- PowerShellGet

Modules

Searching

The Find-Module finds modules in a repository that match specified criteria.

Examples

To find a module by name:

Find-Module -Name <module_name>

To find modules with similar name:

Find-Module -Name <some_name>*

To find a module by minimum version:

Find-Module -Name <module_name> -MinimumVersion <min_version_number>

To find a module by specific version:

Find-Module -Name <module_name> -RequiredVersion <version_number>

To find a module in a specific repository:

Find-Module -Name <module_name> -Repository PSGallery

To find a module that contains a DSC resource:

Find-Module -Repository PSGallery -Includes DscResource

To find a module using a filter:

The Filter parameter searches through the name, description, and tags for the specified argument.

Find-Module -Filter <argument>

Installing

The Install-Module downloads one or more modules from a repository, and installs them on the local computer.

Examples

To install the latest version of a module by name:

Install-Module -Name <module_name>

To install a specific version of a module:

Install-Module -Name <module_name> -RequiredVersion <version_number>

To install a module only for the current user:

Install-Module -Name <module_name> -Scope CurrentUser

To install a module for all users:

Install-Module -Name <module_name> -Scope AllUsers

Updating

The Update-Module downloads and installs the newest version of specified modules from an online gallery to the local computer.

Examples

To update all modules:

This example updates to the newest version all modules in $env:PSModulePath that were installed by Install-Module from the online gallery.

Update-Module

To update a module by name:

Update-Module -Name <module_name>

To update a module to a specified version:

Update-Module -Name <module_name> -RequiredVersion <version_number>

To update a module regardless of the current version installed:

Update-Module -Name <module_name> -Force

Uninstalling

The Uninstall-Module cmdlet uninstalls the specified module from the local computer. You cannot uninstall a module if it has other modules as dependencies.

Examples

To uninstall a module by name:

Uninstall-Module -Name <module_name>

Listing

Get-InstalledModule gets installed modules on a computer.

Examples

To show a list of all installed modules:

Get-InstalledModule

Additional Resources

• PowerShell Gallery -- The central repository for sharing and acquiring PowerShell code including PowerShell modules, scripts, and DSC resources.
• Documentation for All PowerShellGet Commands -- Complete and official documentation for all PowerShellGet commands.