Error installing Install-Module

I’m getting an error message running Install-Module to install my Emojis PowerShell module from the PowerShell Gallery. It seems that the -alpha is screwing up the semantic version checking.

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial base image (Dockerized)
• PowerShell 6.0.0-alpha

PackageManagement\Install-Package : Could not compare “6.0.0-alpha” to “5.0”. Error: "Cannot convert value “5.0” to typ Installing package ‘Emojis’ e “System.Management.Automation.SemanticVersion”. Error: “Cannot process argument because the value of argument “version” is not valid. Change the value of the “version” argument and run the operation again.”"oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo] At /opt/microsoft/powershell/6.0.0-alpha.8/Modules/PowerShellGet/PSModule.psm1:1706 char:21

• … $null = PackageManagement\Install-Package @PSBoundParameters

•                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Microsoft.Power…InstallPackage:InstallPackage) [Install-Package], Exception
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : ComparisonFailure,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage

Cheers, Trevor Sullivan Microsoft MVP: Cloud & Data Center Management https://trevorsullivan.net https://twitter.com/pcgeek86

[bmanikm]

@pcgeek86

Please use one of the following options to install the modules

Option 1: Replace the PSModule.psm1 file under PowerShellGet module base with the updated file from master branch (https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell).

Install-Module error got resolved by adding a workaround in PowerShellGet module.
Please replace the PSModule.psm1 file under PowerShellGet module base with https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/src/Modules/Shared/PowerShellGet/PSModule.psm1.
For more details --> #1927

Option 2: Get the latest CI build

https://ci.appveyor.com/project/PowerShell/powershell/build/artifacts
    OR
https://travis-ci.org/PowerShell/PowerShell/builds/ 

Option 3: Use NuGet provider to install the required module to the target location.

Install-Package -Name $ModuleName -Source https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/ -ProviderName NuGet -ExcludeVersion -Destination $YourTargetLocation

[bmanikm]

@pcgeek86 Currently CI builds are not configured for generating the Ubuntu 16 package. Could you please open an issue for it?

@halr9000 Yes, could you please add this to known issues?