Install-Module The term Install-Module is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet

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I was trying to install Azure using Install-Module Azure in PowerShell  I got the following error   PS C  Windows system32 gt  Install-Module Azure Install-Module   The term  Install-Module  is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet  function  script file   or operable program  Check the spelling of the name  or if a path was included  verify that the path is corre ct and try again  At line 1 char 1   Install-Module Azure                        CategoryInfo            ObjectNotFound   Install-Module String      CommandNotFoundException       FullyQualifiedErrorId   CommandNotFoundException   Why is PS not recognizing the basic Install module  Without this I can t even install Azure  What should I do

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I have Windows 10 and PowerShell 5 1 was already installed  For whatever reason the x86 version works and can find  Install-Module   but the other version cannot   Search your Start Menu for  powershell   and find the entry that ends in   x86       Here is what I experience between the two different versions

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You should install the latest version of PowerShell  then use this command Install-Module Azure to install azure module  Because from Powershell 5 0 onwards you   you will be able to use the cmdlet to Install-Module  Save-Module  PS  gt   psversiontable Name                           Value ----                           ----- PSVersion                      5 1 14393 576 PSEdition                      Desktop PSCompatibleVersions            1 0  2 0  3 0  4 0     BuildVersion                   10 0 14393 576 CLRVersion                     4 0 30319 42000 WSManStackVersion              3 0 PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2 3 SerializationVersion           1 1 0 1   More information about install Azure PowerShell  refer to the link

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Another GUI based option to fix this error is to download the PackageManagement PowerShell Modules  msi installer  from Microsoft website and install the modules  Once this is installed you will not get  quot  Install-Module  is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet quot  error

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I think the above answer posted by Jeremy Thompson is the correct one  but I don t have enough street cred to comment   Once I updated nuget and powershellget  Install-Module was available for me  Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2 8 5 201 -Force  Install-PackageProvider -Name Powershellget -Force  What is interesting is that the version numbers returned by get-packageprovider didn t change after the update

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Run the below commands as admin to install NuGet using Powershell   Net ServicePointManager   SecurityProtocol    Net SecurityProtocolType   Tls12  Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet

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I didn t have the NuGet Package Provider  you can check running Get-PackageProvider   PS C  WINDOWS system32 gt  Get-PackageProvider   Name                     Version          DynamicOptions                                                                                                                  ----                     -------          --------------                                                                                                                  msi                      3 0 0 0          AdditionalArguments                                                                                                             msu                      3 0 0 0                                                                                                                                          NuGet   lt NOW INSTALLED gt    2 8 5 208        Destination                                     The solution was installing it by running this command   Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2 8 5 201 -Force   If that fails with the error below you can copy paste the NuGet folder from another PC   admin needed     C  Program Files PackageManagement ProviderAssemblies NuGet   WARNING  Unable to download from URI  https   onegetcdn azureedge net providers Microsoft PackageManagement NuGetProvider-2 8 5 208 dll  to     WARNING  Failed to bootstrap provider  https   onegetcdn azureedge net providers nuget-2 8 5 208 package swidtag   WARNING  Failed to bootstrap provider  nuget   WARNING  The specified PackageManagement provider  NuGet  is not available  PackageManagement Install-PackageProvider   Unable to download from URI   https   onegetcdn azureedge net providers Microsoft PackageManagement NuGetProvider-2 8 5 208 dll  to     At C  Program Files WindowsPowerShell Modules PowerShellGet PSModule psm1 6463 char 21                null   PackageManagement Install-PackageProvider -Name  script NuGe

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If you are trying to install a module that is listed on the central repository for PS content called PowerShell Gallery  you need to install PowerShellGet  Then the command will be available  I m currently using PS 4 0  Installing PowerShellGet did the trick for me   Source   With the latest PowerShellGet module  you can    Search through items in the Gallery with Find-Module and Find-Script Save items to your system from the Gallery with Save-Module and Save-Script Install items from the Gallery with Install-Module and Install-Script Upload items to the Gallery with Publish-Module and Publish-Script Add your own custom repository with Register-PSRepository   Another great article to get started with PS Gallery

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Since you are using the lower version of PS   What you can do in your case is you first download the module in your local folder   Then  there will be a  psm1 file under that folder for this module    You just      import-Module  Path of the file psm1    Here is the link to download the Azure Module   Azure Powershell  This will do your work

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I was running an older server where I couldn t run install-module because the PowerShell version was 4 0  You can check the PowerShell version using the PowerShell command line ps gt HOST     https   gallery technet microsoft com office PowerShell-Install-Module-388e47a1 Use this link to download necessary  updates  Check to see if your Windows version needs the update

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Actually my solution to this problem was much simpler  because I already had the latest version of PowerShell and is still didn t recognize Install-Module command  What fixed the  issue  for me was just typing the command manually  since originally I tried copying the snippet from a website and apparently there was some issue with the formatting when copy amp pasting  so when I typed the command manually it installed the module without any problem

[powershell] Install-Module : The term 'Install-Module' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet

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