I was installing newest version of my PSWinDocumentation module on Windows 2016 when I noticed I can't really get anything to update. I was getting message as below which seemed a bit weird because it was working few minutes ago and only thing I did is to change trust for PowerShellGallery.
Set-PSRepository -Name 'PSGallery' -InstallationPolicy Trusted
PackageManagement\Install-Package : Unable to find repository 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/'. Use Get-PSRepository to see all available repositories.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\2.0.1\PSModule.psm1:13000 char:20
+ … $sid = PackageManagement\Install-Package @PSBoundParameters
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power….InstallPackage:InstallPackage) [Install-Package], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : SourceNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage
PackageManagement\Install-Package : Unable to find repository 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/'. Use Get-PSRepository to see all available repositories.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\2.0.1\PSModule.psm1:13000 char:20
+ ... $sid = PackageManagement\Install-Package @PSBoundParameters
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power....InstallPackage:InstallPackage) [Install-Package], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : SourceNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage
Trying suggested way I've verified that PSGallery settings are actually correct and as expected.
What was even weirder Install-Module worked as designed.
PS C:\Windows\system32> update-module pswindocumentation
PackageManagement\Install-Package : Unable to find repository 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/'. Use
Get-PSRepository to see all available repositories.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\2.0.1\PSModule.psm1:13000 char:20
+ ... $sid = PackageManagement\Install-Package @PSBoundParameters
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power....InstallPackage:InstallPackage) [Install-Package], Ex
ception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : SourceNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage
PS C:\Windows\system32> install-module pswindocumentation
PS C:\Windows\system32> install-module pswindocumentation -force
PS C:\Windows\system32>
While I've finally fixed this issue I'm not sure which of the steps I did had the right impact. Therefore… worst case scenario … do it all.
This actually unregisters PowerShellGallery and registers it back. This should work when the bug in PowerShellGet will be fixed.
Unregister-PSRepository -Name 'PSGallery' Register-PSRepository -Default
This actually unregisters PowerShellGallery and registers it back but as an alternative source. It adds missing slash so make sure you add it with https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/, not https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2
Unregister-PSRepository -Name 'PSGallery' Register-PSRepository -Name 'PSGallery-Alternative' -SourceLocation 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/' -InstallationPolicy Trusted
This issue can be visible on the screen below. First, we have a working PowerShell Repository, then it's unregistered and when you register it back it's missing slash.
Uninstall-Module PowerShellGet Install-Module PowerShellGet -Force
This is my top choice to fix this. I actually did this couple of times with closing PowerShell window and without getting always same message. Finally I went for reboot. Which makes sense because the very package responsible for updating was busy updating.
As with any critical system problems a reboot is good way to have a clean start. Some settings can't update while system is running.
This post was last modified on 9 czerwca, 2025 10:12
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