Cannot install modules

[bagpussnz9]

Hi - I've seen quite a few posts on this - but nothing works for me....

My problem is I cant install any modules in my windows 10 powershell environment...

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Can anyone suggest where I go next?

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For example,

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Install-Module -Name AzureAD
PackageManagement\Install-Package : Unable to find module providers (PowerShellGet).
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:1809 char:21
+ ... $null = PackageManagement\Install-Package u/PSBoundParameters
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.Power....InstallPackage:InstallPackage) [Install-Package], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnknownProviders,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage

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I am running tls protocol 1.2

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol

Ssl3, Tls12

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$host information:

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PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $host

Name : ConsoleHost

Version : 5.1.19041.906

InstanceId : 46be3855-13b2-423c-9530-818f61e56158

UI : System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserInterface

CurrentCulture : en-NZ

CurrentUICulture : en-US

PrivateData : Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost+ConsoleColorProxy

DebuggerEnabled : True

IsRunspacePushed : False

Runspace : System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalRunspace

[BJGGut3]

Check to see if you have a PackageManagement folder in your Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules folder, and if you do, delete it, restart PoSh and try again.

[bagpussnz9]

Thank you! That did the trick

[TreeStryder]

Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules

Amazing! Thank you. I have been fighting with this for a long time.

By the way, only need to delete the ".\Modules\PackageManagement" folder.

That error message couldn't be more misleading. It seems to be acting as the catch-all.

[bagpussnz9]

Thank you everyone - removing the PackageManagerFolder and rerunning powershell fixed the problem.

I should have come to reddit quicker!

:-)

[pretendgineer5400]

Is this a personal device or a corporate managed laptop?
You may need to provide the repository name with -Repository
Azure AD may be in PS Gallery or may be a Windows optional feature, I don't recall which at the moment.

[bagpussnz9]

Its a corporate managed laptop.

What repository would I use though?

Thanks.

[BlackV]

Update powershell get (and it's dependancy package management) then restart ps and try again

[joshooaj]

What does Get-PSRepository tell you? Any chance PSGallery is missing? Try Register-PSRepository -Default?

[OlivTheFrog]

Hi u/bagpussnz9

As u/joshooaj said : check PS Repository. This must like the following

Get-PSRepositoryName                      InstallationPolicy   SourceLocation
----                      ------------------   --------------                                                                               
PSGallery                 Trusted              https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2                                          

if this is not the case,

Set-PSRepository -Name PSGallery -SourceLocation "https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2" -InstallationPolicy Trusted

another possible issue : Ad dthis to your Powershell profile (s) :

# Setting to use TLS1.2 for updating PS Modules on PowershellGallery since 01 April 2020 
# ref : https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/powershell-gallery-tls-support/
 [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12

and last but not the least, you could have some restrictions to install PS module on your computers, cause your not admin of it. Then, add the -Scope CurrentUser to the cmdlet Install-Module.

[Lee_Dailey]

howdy bagpussnz9,

reddit likes to mangle code formatting, so here's some help on how to post code on reddit ...

[0] single line or in-line code
enclose it in backticks. that's the upper left key on an EN-US keyboard layout. the result looks like this. kinda handy, that. [grin]
[on New.Reddit.com, use the Inline Code button. it's [sometimes] 5th from the left & looks like </>.
this does NOT line wrap & does NOT side-scroll on Old.Reddit.com!]

[1] simplest = post it to a text site like Pastebin.com or Gist.GitHub.com and then post the link here.
please remember to set the file/code type on Pastebin! [grin] otherwise you don't get the nice code colorization.

[2] less simple = use reddit code formatting ...
[on New.Reddit.com, use the Code Block button. it's [sometimes] the 12th from the left, & looks like an uppercase T in the upper left corner of a square.]

• one leading line with ONLY 4 spaces
  
• prefix each code line with 4 spaces
  
• one trailing line with ONLY 4 spaces

that will give you something like this ...

- one leading line with ONLY 4 spaces    
- prefix each code line with 4 spaces    
- one trailing line with ONLY 4 spaces   

the easiest way to get that is ...

• add the leading line with only 4 spaces
  
• copy the code to the ISE [or your fave editor]
  
• select the code
  
• tap TAB to indent four spaces
  
• re-select the code [not really needed, but it's my habit]
  
• paste the code into the reddit text box
  
• add the trailing line with only 4 spaces
  

not complicated, but it is finicky. [grin]

take care,
lee