PS: Package Managers

Description:

Powershell Package Managers are the Windows equivelent of yum, apt-get, etc for Linux. It is used to automate SDII (software discovery, installation, and inventory). Make sure to start Powershell as an admin and type set-executionpolicy remotesigned.

To Resolve:

1. First thing to do is to upgrade your PS to version 5 found here.

2. Now open up PS and Type:

   Get-Module -Listavailable
   
   Import-Module Packagemanagement
   
   #This Will Show A List Of All The Commands For The Module.
   Gcm -Module Packagemanagement
   
   # As example, we install FF
   Find-Package -Name Firefox
   # Installs Firefox
   Install-Package -Name Firefox -Source Chocolatey
   # This Will Uninstall Firefox
   Uninstall-Package -Name Firefox
   

3. To install Chocolatey as a PackageProvider, Type:

   Iex ((New-Object Net.Webclient).Downloadstring('https://chocolatey.org/Install.ps1')) 
   # Close And Re-Open Powershell
   
   # Now, To Install A Package You Just Type:
   Choco Install (Packagename)
   
   # To Uninstall
   Choco Uninstall (Packagename).
   

References:

“Introducing PackageManagement in Windows 10”
“Chocolatey”
“Package Management for PowerShell Modules with PowerShellGet”
“Checking Out OneGet in PowerShell V5”