PowerShellGet

Prerequisites:

• Install WMF 5.0
• Request access to PowerShellGallery from here (this step is required if publishing modules is intended)

PowerShellGet Contacts:

• Manikyam Bavandla
• Keith Bankston

Notes:

• Modules are discoverable by default after install
• Modules are installed under %ProgramFiles%\WindowsPowerShell\Modules
• To check updates for all the installed modules execute Update-Module –WhatIf
• PSGet will automatically add symbols during new package publishing.

Usage:

Install, Uninstall and other cmdlets are described here

Known issues (will be fixed in the next preview-release):

• Updating loaded module fails because PSGet tries to delete a module file that is already loaded. You will need to remove the module Remove-Module <Module Name> and then update to the latest version.
• There is no support to module dependency. In the next release, ModuleVersion will be used to specify the minimum version and RequiredVersion will be used for the exact version.
• There is no way to list installed modules. Next release will include Get-InstalledModule cmdlet.
• Not possible to install side by side versions of the same module. Will be supported by Install-Module -Name <Module Name> -Force cmdlet.

Known unresolved issues:

• Module specification doesn’t support the version range yet.
• No way to run script upon successful installation.
• The local PSGet source experience is busted. You always need to specify the source in every cmdlet.
• There is no way to automatically notify users about new versions of already installed modules.