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Get-InstalledModule cmdlet gets a list of installed modules by PowerShellGet. The PowerShell modules are installed using PowerShellGet. Get-InstalledModule lists installed modules, get module version, name, repository, and description.

PowerShell List Installed Module
PowerShell List Installed Module

In this article, we will discuss how to use the Get-InstalledModule cmdlet to list installed modules, and get the module version and other module information.

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1 PowerShell Get-InstalledModule
2 How to Get all Installed Modules
3 How to Get Specific Versions of a Module
4 Conclusion

PowerShell Get-InstalledModule

Get-InstalledModule cmdlet gets a list of modules installed on the computer using PowerShellGet.

Syntax

Get-InstalledModule
   [[-Name] <String[]>]
   [-MinimumVersion <String>]
   [-RequiredVersion <String>]
   [-MaximumVersion <String>]
   [-AllVersions]
   [-AllowPrerelease]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters

  • Name – Specify the names of the modules as an array
  • MinimumVersion – Specify the minimum version of a module to get
  • RequiredVersion – Specify the exact version of a module to get
  • MaximumVersion – Specify the maximum version of a module to get
  • AllVersions – Use it to get all available versions of a module.

Let’s understand the Get-InstalledModule cmdlet with an example to list PowerShell modules.

How to Get all Installed Modules

Using the Get-InstalledModule cmdlet in PowerShell, you can get a list of installed modules on the computer, run the following command.

Get-InstalledModule

In the above PowerShell script, the Get-InstalledModule command gets all installed modules.

PS C:\> Get-InstalledModule                                                                                             
Version    Name                        Repository    Description
-------       ----                                ----------           -----------
1.3          FileSplitter                  PSGallery        provides PowerShell commands to split a file in ...


PS C:\>

How to Get Specific Versions of a Module

If you want to get specific versions of a module between the specified minimum and maximum versions, run the following command.

 Get-InstalledModule -Name "FileSplitter" -MinimumVersion 1.0 -MaximumVersion 1.5

In the above PowerShell script, the Get-InstalledModule command uses the Name parameter to specify the name of the module as “FileSplitter“, MinimumVersion as 1.0, and MaximumVersion as 1.5.

It checks the PowerShell module version between specified versions and gets the module installed on the computer.

PS C:\> Get-InstalledModule -Name "FileSplitter" -MinimumVersion 1.0 -MaximumVersion 1.5                                
Version    Name                                Repository           Description
-------    ----                                ----------           -----------
1.3        FileSplitter                        PSGallery            provides PowerShell commands to split a file in ...


PS C:\>

Conclusion

I hope the above article, how to use the Get-InstalledModule cmdlet to list installed modules on the computer.

You can use MinimumVersion and MaximumVersion parameters to check the PowerShell module version between the specified version and get the module.

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