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The PackageUpdateInfo module helps you staying up to date with you installed modules. It checks all your local installed powershell modules and output a table with module names and version information.
- Windows PowerShell 5.1 / PowerShell 6
- (optional) PowerShell module BurntToast
Install the module from the PowerShell Gallery (systemwide):
Install-Module PackageUpdateInfo
or install it only for your user:
Install-Module PackageUpdateInfo -Scope CurrentUser
For interactive usage and check all your modules, just run:
Get-PackageUpdateInfo
This will query all your installed modules and display a overview table which module will need an update and which one is up-to-date.
I would suggest using the switch '-ShowToastNotification' (available with version 1.1.0.0) to get that beautiful notification messages when new versions of modules are detected.
Get-PackageUpdateInfo -ShowToastNotification
Because of -possibly- forgotting to run the command frequently, like once a day or one a week, and of poor performance with a lot of installed moduels, I suggest to automate this one. So it is possible to export and import the Update-Information.
Get-PackageUpdateInfo | Export-PackageUpdateInfo
Import-PackageUpdateInfo -ShowToastNotification
So with this, it is possible to "offload" the update checking to a Job, a scheduled task or the computer startup and show the information quickly with the Import-PackageUpdateInfo command.
I'll suggest to put these lines to you PowerShell profile:
Start-Job -ScriptBlock { Get-PackageUpdateInfo -ShowOnlyNeededUpdate -ShowToastNotification | Export-PackageUpdateInfo } | Out-Null
Import-PackageUpdateInfo
This will start the update checking as a background job and show's you quickly the information from the last job run on every startup of the powershell.
The following modules and code snipets inspired me. My goal was to do a short module with rich, powershell styled output and powershell styled functionality.
- The module is inspired by Jan De Dobbeleer https://github.com/JanDeDobbeleer/Get-PackageUpdates
- Inspired by and partially stolen from http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/powershell/5441/check-for-module-updates/