PackageManagement

This topic displays help topics for the Package Management Cmdlets. The cmdlet reference documentation on this site documents the latest version of the module.

This documentation cover version 1.4.8.1 of the PackageManagement module.

Important

Windows PowerShell 5.1 comes with version 1.0.0.1 of PackageManagement preinstalled. This version of PowerShellGet has a limited features and doesn't support the updated capabilities of the PowerShell Gallery. To be supported, you must update to the latest version.

Important

The commands contained in the PackageManagement module are different than the commands provided by the NuGet module in the Package Manager Console of Visual Studio. Each module has commands that are not available in the other. Commands with the same name differ in their specific arguments. For more information, see the PowerShell reference documentation for the Package Manager Console of Visual Studio.

PackageManagement

Find-Package	Finds software packages in available package sources.
Find-PackageProvider	Returns a list of Package Management package providers available for installation.
Get-Package	Returns a list of all software packages that were installed with PackageManagement.
Get-PackageProvider	Returns a list of package providers that are connected to Package Management.
Get-PackageSource	Gets a list of package sources that are registered for a package provider.
Import-PackageProvider	Adds Package Management package providers to the current session.
Install-Package	Installs one or more software packages.
Install-PackageProvider	Installs one or more Package Management package providers.
Register-PackageSource	Adds a package source for a specified package provider.
Save-Package	Saves packages to the local computer without installing them.
Set-PackageSource	Replaces a package source for a specified package provider.
Uninstall-Package	Uninstalls one or more software packages.
Unregister-PackageSource	Removes a registered package source.