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I've seen numerous posts on the subject but none that offered a solution to my specific case so trying here.
I am trying to install VMWare's PowerCLI module into PowerShell on an offline Windows 10 box (21H1). I already obtained the unpacked PowerCLI Module folders (and the files are directly in them as opposed to nested within a version folder) and moved to the offline box. I was also able to install NuGet and also upgrade PowerShellGet from 1.0.0.1 to 2.2.5. Doing both of the above resolved several errors I was getting before but now faced with a brick wall here.
When I go to import the PowerCLI modules I then get "Warning: Unable to find module repositories" which makes sense as I am on an offline machine. I tried creating one locally and dumped all the modules there and even registered the new local repo but all I get is:
PackageManagement\Install-Package : No match was found for the specified search criteria and module name 'VMWare.PowerCLI'. Try Get-PSRepository to see all available registered module repositories.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\2.2.5\PSModule.psm1:9711 char:34
+ ... talledPackages = PackageManagement\Install-Package @PSBoundParameters
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power....InstallPackage:InstallPackage) [Install-Package], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage
The actual command I run to import is:
Install-Module VMWare.PowerCLI -Scope CurrentUser
Tried with -Force as well, no dice. I have a feeling it has to do with the local repo but unsure how to resolve. Are the modules not supposed to go directly in there? They are also in my "..\WindowsPowershell\Modules" folder and that is also set in the PSModulePath but nothing appears to work still and all point to above error.
Note: this box cannot touch the internet so if I have to obtain additional files, dlls, whatever I can do so separately but the import has do be done offline. Running PowerShell 5.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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I'm assuming you set up a local file repository using Register-PSRepository.
Once you've done that then pass the repository name that you created to Install-Module.
Install-Module VMWare.PowerCLI -Scope CurrentUser -Repository MyLocalRepo
Hi, correct. It's been created and registered and running above command to install via the local repo still gives me the error in my original post
My guess is that you did not add the module to your local PS repo correctly so it cannot find it when it searches. Please provide the details of how you set up your local repo and how you added the module. It would be useful to run Find-Module -Repository MyLocalRepo to determine what modules are actually in the repo. If your module isn't listed then it wasn't added to the repo properly.
Ok I'm guessing that's where the issue is then...is there more to it than adding the module folder or extracting the zip to its own folder in the repo? Is there something permissions-wise possibly needing to be added that isn't there by default?
You shouldn't be manually copying any files. That is going to cause issues. Once you have set up the (empty) file location then use Publish-Module to publish the packaged zip file to it. You shouldn't be extracting it first.
Publish-Module -Name VMWare.CLI -Repository MyLocalRepo
Here the module is called VMWare.CLI. Publishing requires nuget be on the machine so if needed copy the nuget CLI to the machine as well.
Thanks, makes more sense. As you can tell it's my first time dealing with a local PS repo. However now I get an error along the lines of "The specified RequiredModules entry in the module manifest is invalid. Try again after updating this entry with valid values." but I have a feeling that has to do with the package I obtained.
In case anyone runs into this issue what resolved it for me was simply running
Get-ChildItem -Path "Your_module_folder" -Recurse | Unblock-File
and everything worked fine after.