public/Get-ModuleByName.ps1
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function Get-ModuleByName { <# .SYNOPSIS Loads the named PowerShell module, installing it if needed .DESCRIPTION Loads the named PowerShell module, installing it if needed. .PARAMETER Name Name of the PowerShell module to load. .EXAMPLE Get-ModuleByName -Name SqlServer; Will load the SqlServer module, or install it if not present on the host machine. .LINK https://github.com/DrJohnT/DeployCube .NOTES Written by (c) Dr. John Tunnicliffe, 2019-2021 https://github.com/DrJohnT/DeployCube This PowerShell script is released under the MIT license http://www.opensource.org/licenses/MIT #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [String] [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] $Name ) try { # ensure module is installed if (!(Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name $Name)) { # if module is not installed Write-Output "Installing PowerShell module $Name for current user" Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -Force -Scope CurrentUser; Install-Module -Name $Name -Force -AllowClobber -Scope CurrentUser -Repository PSGallery -SkipPublisherCheck; } if (-not (Get-Module -Name $Name)) { # if module is not loaded Import-Module -Name $Name -DisableNameChecking; } } catch { Write-Error "Error $_"; } } |