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Dean_Gross
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Dec 13, 2016
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PnP PowerShell modules

When I run get-module -ListAvailable, I get the following: Script     2.10.16... SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline       {Get-PnPWebTemplates, Get-PnPTimeZoneId, Set-PnPTenantSite, Uninstall-PnPAppInsta...
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  • Pieter Veenstra's avatar
    Pieter Veenstra
    Dec 14, 2016

    Hi Dean_Gross,

     

    it looks like you've got two versions installed.

     

    you might want to try the following:

     

     

    $modules = get-module -ListAvailable | where {$_.Name -eq "SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline"}
foreach($module in $modules)
{
   Write-Host $module.Name $module.Path
}

     

    This should give you the location of the modules.

     

     

Pieter Veenstra's avatar
Pieter Veenstra
MVP
Dec 14, 2016

Hi Dean_Gross,

 

it looks like you've got two versions installed.

 

you might want to try the following:

 

 

$modules = get-module -ListAvailable | where {$_.Name -eq "SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline"}
foreach($module in $modules)
{
   Write-Host $module.Name $module.Path
}

 

This should give you the location of the modules.

 

 

  • Daniel Westerdale's avatar
    Daniel Westerdale
    Iron Contributor
    Jan 23, 2017

    Pieter Veenstra Dean_Gross

     

    I am doing a bit of house keeping and had a similar thoughts.

    I had previously run this but now prefer your script

     

    Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name *SharePoint*

    Ok, in my case I see this

     

    ModuleType Version    Name                                ExportedCommands        
    ---------- -------    ----                                ----------------        
    Script     2.11.17... SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline       {Get-PnPWebTemplates, ...
    Script     2.9.1611.0 SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline       {Get-PnPWebTemplates, ...
    Binary     2.6.1608.0 SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline       {Get-PnPWebTemplates, ...

     

    Now I want either

     

    1) remove/ uninstall  a version of the module but this doesn't seem to work exactly :

    Remove-Module -FullyQualifiedName @{ModuleName = 'SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline'; ModuleVersion = '2.9.1611.0'}

    Previously I have simply deleted the module in question  from the modules dir but there must be a more elegant way to do this ...

     

    or

     

    2) I want to keep all versions but be able to set the default module in a script or accross all scripts in a session

    ( I would hate to add a path to each commmand :smileysad:)

    .

    • Pieter Veenstra's avatar
      Pieter Veenstra
      MVP
      Jan 24, 2017

      Hi Daniel Westerdale,

       

      I quite often use the following lines in my scripts to set the ModulePath to include the Modules folder to includee my custom modules. You could probably do something similar to control the different versions of modules. 

       

       

       

      $path = Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition

if ($env:PSModulePath -notlike "*$path\Modules\*")
{
"Adding ;$path\Modules to PSModulePath" | Write-Debug 
$env:PSModulePath += ";$path\Modules\"
}
Write-Host $env:PSModulePath

       

       

      • Daniel Westerdale's avatar
        Daniel Westerdale
        Iron Contributor
        Mar 01, 2017

        Hi Pieter Veenstra 

         

        I had a spring clean today of my PnpCommandlets as I want to ensure I stick to the new syntax Anyway I uninstalled each of the older versions and then I   ran the update-module. Doh! I now have 2 versions installed. Ok, I will try remove the older one so do this the interactive way.

         

         

        uninstall-module SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline -AllVersions -Confirm

         

        Confirm
        Are you sure you want to perform this action?
        Performing the operation "Uninstall-Module" on target "Version '2.11.1701.1' of module
        'SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline'".
        [Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"): y
        WARNING: The version '2.11.1701.1' of module 'SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline' is currently in use. Retry the operation
        after closing the applications.
        PackageManagement\Uninstall-Package : Module 'SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline' is in currently in use.
        At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:2157 char:21
        + ... $null = PackageManagement\Uninstall-Package @PSBoundParameters
        + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Microsoft.Power...ninstallPackage:UninstallPackage) [Uninstall-Packag
        e], Exception
        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ModuleIsInUse,Uninstall-Package,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.Uninstall
        Package

         

        This confuses me as I am not running any PnpCommandlets .. Do I need to remove-module before uninstalling it? 

         

         

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