PowerShell itself now has a packaging system and public repository for modules: http://www.powershellgallery.com/

PowerShell for Windows got this earlier in the year, and it's part of PowerShell Core. So with PS Core, you should be able to start a freshly installed copy of PS on whatever OS you are using, and add the AWS modules with this command:

Install-Module AWSPowerShell.NetCore

(Warning: this command does not work on the alpha release due to a bug - you need a workaround as described on the AWS blog: https://blogs.aws.amazon.com/net/post/TxTUNCCDVSG05F/Introdu...)

Nothing very impressive to anybody that has used any modern programming language, but now your shell has this too (if you use PS).

Thanks, I had a look and it's interesting, do you know if the Power Shell Library is just a distribution channel based on the Win 10 package management system that I linked in my previous comment, or is it a completely separate product?

The actual package management system for PowerShell modules is PowerShellGet. AIUI, PackageManagement really is just a convenience for providing a consistent set of PowerShell commands for driving arbitrary package management systems, and has no package management capabilities at all itself. It's not Windows-specific, and seems to have been made cross-platform with PowerShell itself.

On Mac, PowerShell Core includes PackageManagement, and two "providers" - an adapter for PowerShellGet and one for NuGet, so you appear to be able to do either:

Find-Module AWSPowerShell.NetCore

(to use PowerShellGet directly)

Or:

Find-Package AWSPowerShell.NetCore

(to go through PackageManagement)

I didn't know most of this until I started poking around, so thanks for asking!

AIUI, PackageManagement really is literally just a convenience API for providing a consistent set of calls for driving arbitrary package management systems, and has no package management capabilities at all itself. It's actually not Windows-specific.

The actual package management system for PowerShell modules is PowerShellGet.

On Mac, PowerShell Core includes PackageManagement, and two "providers" - an adapter for PowerShellGet and one for NuGet, so you seem to be able to do either:

Find-Module AWSPowerShell.NetCore

(to use PowerShellGet directly)

Or:

Find-Package AWSPowerShell.NetCore

(to go through PackageManagement)

Urgh, double-post and no edit or delete options - thanks, HN.

Thanks for the (double :-) ) explanation! This kind of capability in PowerShell is definitely interesting.