Import-PackageProvider

Import-PackageProvider
    [-Name] <String[]>
    [-RequiredVersion <String>]
    [-MinimumVersion <String>]
    [-MaximumVersion <String>]
    [-Force]
    [-ForceBootstrap]
    [<CommonParameters>]

The Import-PackageProvider cmdlet adds one or more package providers to the current session. The provider that you import must be installed on the local computer.

To get a list of available providers, run Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable. Note that a package provider name can be different from its module name.

Due to security reasons, PackageManagement requires C#-based providers to contain a provider.manifest. For more information on how to build a provider with provider.manifest injected, see the .csproj project files on https://github.com/oneget/oneget.

PS C:\> Import-PackageProvider -Name "Nuget"

This command imports the Nuget provider after it has been installed on the local computer.

PS C:\> Find-PackageProvider -Name "Nuget" -AllVersions
Install-PackageProvider -Name "Nuget" -RequiredVersion "2.8.5.201" -Force
Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable
Import-PackageProvider -Name "Nuget" -RequiredVersion "2.8.5.201" -Verbose

This command finds, installs, and imports a specific version of the Nuget package provider.

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Microsoft.PackageManagement.Implementation.PackageProvider

You can pipe a PackageProvider object returned by Get-PackageProvider into Import-PackageProvider.