Install-Module PSWindowsUpdate fails to install

Windows 2012 R2 Server

Powershell 5.1

trying to install Windows update Module

PS C:\temp> Install-Module PSWindowsUpdate

NuGet provider is required to continue
PowerShellGet requires NuGet provider version ‘2.8.5.201’ or newer to interact with NuGet-based repositories. The NuGet
provider must be available in ‘C:\Program Files\PackageManagement\ProviderAssemblies’ or
‘C:\Users\nlbadmin\AppData\Local\PackageManagement\ProviderAssemblies’. You can also install the NuGet provider by
running ‘Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force’. Do you want PowerShellGet to install
and import the NuGet provider now?
[Y] Yes [N] No [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is “Y”): y
WARNING: Unable to download from URI ‘https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409’ to ‘’.
WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection.
PackageManagement\Install-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria for the provider
‘NuGet’. The package provider requires ‘PackageManagement’ and ‘Provider’ tags. Please check if the specified package
has the tags.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7405 char:21

  • … $null = PackageManagement\Install-PackageProvider -Name $script:N …
  • CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.Power…PackageProvider:InstallPackageProvider) [Install-Pac
    kageProvider], Exception
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForProvider,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackagePro
    vider

PackageManagement\Import-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria and provider name
‘NuGet’. Try ‘Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable’ to see if the provider exists on the system.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7411 char:21

  • … $null = PackageManagement\Import-PackageProvider -Name $script:Nu …
  • CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (NuGet:String) [Import-PackageProvider], Exception
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.ImportPackageProv
    ider

WARNING: Unable to download from URI ‘https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409’ to ‘’.
WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection.
PackageManagement\Get-PackageProvider : Unable to find package provider ‘NuGet’. It may not be imported yet. Try
‘Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable’.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7415 char:30

  • … tProvider = PackageManagement\Get-PackageProvider -Name $script:NuGet …
  • CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power…PackageProvider:GetPackageProvider) [Get-PackageProvi
    der], Exception
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnknownProviderFromActivatedList,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.GetPacka
    geProvider

Install-Module : NuGet provider is required to interact with NuGet-based repositories. Please ensure that ‘2.8.5.201’
or newer version of NuGet provider is installed.
At line:1 char:1

  • Install-Module PSWindowsUpdate
  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: [Install-Module], InvalidOperationException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : CouldNotInstallNuGetProvider,Install-Module

I am unable to find anything out there that will help me fix this.

 

Any ideas

 

Thank you

 

Tom

Did you try installing NuGet? https://www.nuget.org/

grokkit

 

I was on that website in my research and did not know which one to download they are only Windows x86 command line

On all my other servers I never had this issue

Thoughts

I copied nuget.exe to the local folders on the server but it still fails with same error

I think I might be missing a module or something for this

 

Any ideas?

 

Try this, Tom.

# The first cmdlet is to set strong cryptography on 64 bit .Net Framework (version 4 and above).
Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\.NetFramework\v4.0.30319' -Name 'SchUseStrongCrypto' -Value '1' -Type DWord

# The second cmdlet is to set strong cryptography on 32 bit .Net Framework (version 4 and above).
Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NetFramework\v4.0.30319' -Name 'SchUseStrongCrypto' -Value '1' -Type DWord

Restart Powershell and then

Install-Module PowershellGet -Force

and press Y to install NuGet provider, follow with Enter.

Sources:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/trying-to-install-program-using-powershell-and/4c3ac2b2-ebd4-4b2a-a673-e283827da143

Same results

 

PS C:\util> Set-ItemProperty -Path ‘HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft.NetFramework\v4.0.30319’ -Name ‘SchUseStrongCr
ypto’ -Value ‘1’ -Type DWord
PS C:\util>
PS C:\util> # The second cmdlet is to set strong cryptography on 32 bit .Net Framework (version 4 and above).
PS C:\util> Set-ItemProperty -Path ‘HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft.NetFramework\v4.0.30319’ -Name ‘SchUseStrongCrypto’ -Value
‘1’ -Type DWord
PS C:\util>
PS C:\util> Install-Module PowershellGet -Force

NuGet provider is required to continue
PowerShellGet requires NuGet provider version ‘2.8.5.201’ or newer to interact with NuGet-based repositories. The NuGet
provider must be available in ‘C:\Program Files\PackageManagement\ProviderAssemblies’ or
‘C:\Users\nlbadmin\AppData\Local\PackageManagement\ProviderAssemblies’. You can also install the NuGet provider by
running ‘Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force’. Do you want PowerShellGet to install
and import the NuGet provider now?
[Y] Yes [N] No [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is “Y”): y
WARNING: Unable to download from URI ‘https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409’ to ‘’.
WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection.
PackageManagement\Install-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria for the provider
‘NuGet’. The package provider requires ‘PackageManagement’ and ‘Provider’ tags. Please check if the specified package
has the tags.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7405 char:21

  • … $null = PackageManagement\Install-PackageProvider -Name $script:N …
  • CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.Power…PackageProvider:InstallPackageProvider) [Install-Pac
    kageProvider], Exception
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForProvider,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackagePro
    vider

PackageManagement\Import-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria and provider name
‘NuGet’. Try ‘Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable’ to see if the provider exists on the system.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7411 char:21

  • … $null = PackageManagement\Import-PackageProvider -Name $script:Nu …
  • CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (NuGet:String) [Import-PackageProvider], Exception
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.ImportPackageProv
    ider

WARNING: Unable to download from URI ‘https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409’ to ‘’.
WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection.
PackageManagement\Get-PackageProvider : Unable to find package provider ‘NuGet’. It may not be imported yet. Try
‘Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable’.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7415 char:30

  • … tProvider = PackageManagement\Get-PackageProvider -Name $script:NuGet …
  • CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power…PackageProvider:GetPackageProvider) [Get-PackageProvi
    der], Exception
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnknownProviderFromActivatedList,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.GetPacka
    geProvider

Install-Module : NuGet provider is required to interact with NuGet-based repositories. Please ensure that ‘2.8.5.201’
or newer version of NuGet provider is installed.
At line:1 char:1

  • Install-Module PowershellGet -Force
  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: [Install-Module], InvalidOperationException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : CouldNotInstallNuGetProvider,Install-Module

PS C:\util>

Doug

 

Your links helped

 

Ran this first

[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12

Install-Module PowershellGet -Force

Install-Module PSWindowsUpdate

 

All worked

 

Thanks

 

This is now resolved

 

It seems you skipped restarting powershell. The command you ran was a temporary setting, the reg keys were permanent but required new powershell session. Glad it’s good now.