Get Package Sources in PowerShell

The PowerShell command to get a list of package sources that are registered with the PackageManagement module is `Get-PackageSource`. This command gets all the package sources on the local computer.

Here is the PowerShell command to get a list of package sources that are registered for a package provider.

Get-PackageSource

The Get-PackageSource command gets only those sources that are associated with the specified provider if you provide the package provider name. By default, it returns all package sources that are registered with the PackageManagement module.

In this article, we will discuss how to list all package sources, get all package sources for the specific provider, and get sources from a package provider using the PowerShell command.

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1 How to List All Package Sources in PowerShell

2 How to Get All Package Sources for a Specific Provider

3 How to Get Sources from a Specific Provider

4 Conclusion

5 Related Links

How to List All Package Sources in PowerShell

To list all package sources that are registered with PackageManagement on the local computer, use the Get-PackageSource command.

Get-PackageSource

The output of the above PowerShell script gets all the package sources on the local computer.

How to Get All Package Sources for a Specific Provider

Use the Get-PackageSource command in PowerShell to get all package sources for a specific provider. This command uses the ProviderName parameter.

Get-PackageSource -ProviderName NuGet

The output of the above PowerShell script gets package sources that are registered for a specific provider NuGet.

PS C:\> Get-PackageSource -ProviderName NuGet  
                                                                                                   
Name                             ProviderName     IsTrusted  Location
----                             ------------     ---------  --------
nuget.org                        NuGet            False      https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json

How to Get Sources from a Specific Provider

To get sources from a specific provider, you can use the Get-PackageProvider command to get the package provider and pipe into Get-PackageSource to get all the available sources for a specific provider.

Get-PackageProvider -Name NuGet | Get-PackageSource

In the above PowerShell script, the Get-PackageProvider command uses the Name parameter to specify the provider name, NuGet. It then pipes output to the Get-PackageSource to list of all available sources for a specific provider.

The output of the above PowerShell script is:

PS C:\> Get-PackageProvider -Name NuGet | Get-PackageSource             
                                                                          
Name                             ProviderName     IsTrusted  Location
----                             ------------     ---------  --------
nuget.org                        NuGet            False      https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json

Conclusion

I hope the above article on how to get all package sources on the local computer using the PowerShell command Get-PackageSource is useful to you.

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