NuGet Package Registry for PowerShell Modules

Gitea Usages
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My goal is using Gitea as a registry for custom PowerShell modules.
To a certain level it also works fine, but some things don’t work as expected and I am not sure if it is a bug, a limitation or wrong usage.

I created this repo with a test module: GitHub - marvint24/PWSHTest

Registering, publishing works fine, but installing fails.


Install-Module -Name PWSHTest -Repository Gitea

Result:

Install-Package: No match was found for the specified search criteria and module name 'PWSHTest'. Try Get-PSRepository to see all
available registered module repositories.

But I can find it with:

Find-Module -Name * -Repository Gitea

Result:

Version              Name                                Repository           Description
-------              ----                                ----------           -----------
0.1.3                PWSHTest                            Gitea                A test PowerShell module

If I try to find it directly by name Find-Module -Name PWSHTest -Repository Gitea it also fails.

I wanted to know if it is a problem with Gitea or with my module / publish process and I installed Sonartype Nexus.
This seams to work fine, no problems with finding or installing modules.

After this I went down the PowerShell Module rabbit hole deeper and found out that there are also different modules in PowerShell to handle modules. This is what I found out:

Name PowerShell Version Commands Works with Gitea
PowerShellGet 5.1 - Installs itself on first run
7 - Installs itself on first run
 Register-PSRepository, Unregister-PSRepository
Get-PSRepository
Publish-Module
Install-Module, Uninstall-Module
Find-Module
Publish ✅
Find ➖ Only * finds the modules
Install ❌
Update ❌
PSResourceGet 5.1 - Install
7 - Already installed
Register-PSResourceRepository, Unregister-PSResourceRepository
Get-PSResourceRepository
Publish-PSResource
Install-PSResource, Uninstall-PSResource
Find-PSResource
Publish ✅
Find ➖ Find * doesn't work
Install ✅ Installing dependencies is not supported
Update ✅ Installing dependencies is not supported

Does anyone have tips or directions what I could do next? With PSResourceGet I found a way that works, but I think it is not ideal.

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I’ve been seeing similar issues to yours. Publishing works fine, and sometimes I can even Find-Module -Name PWSHTest -Repository Gitea but install never works. The issue seems to be a miscommunication between Gitea & PowerShellGet

Find-Module -Name PWSHTest -Repository Gitea -Verbose
VERBOSE: Suppressed Verbose Repository details, Name = 'Gitea', Location = 'https://gitea.xxx.com/api/packages/audrey/nuget/index.json'; IsTrusted = 'True'; IsRegistered = 'True'.
VERBOSE: Repository details, Name = 'Gitea', Location = 'https://gitea.xxx.com/api/packages/audrey/nuget/index.json'; IsTrusted = 'True'; IsRegistered = 'True'.
VERBOSE: Using the provider 'PowerShellGet' for searching packages.
VERBOSE: Using the specified source names : 'Gitea'.
VERBOSE: Getting the provider object for the PackageManagement Provider 'NuGet'.
VERBOSE: The specified Location is 'https://gitea.xxx.com/api/packages/audrey/nuget/index.json' and PackageManagementProvider is 'NuGet'.
VERBOSE: Retry downloading 'https://gitea.xxx.com/api/packages/audrey/nuget/registration/pwshtest/1.1.json' for '0' more times
VERBOSE: Total package yield:'0' for the specified package 'PWSHTest'.
Find-Package: No match was found for the specified search criteria and module name 'PWSHTest'. Try Get-PSRepository to see all available registered module repositories.

Navigating to https://gitea.xxx.com/api/packages/audrey/nuget/registration/PWSHTest/1.1.json fails, but https://gitea.xxx.com/api/packages/audrey/nuget/registration/PWSHTest/1.1.0.json works.
I’m looking for a workaround to make this work, but so far nothing I’ve tried has helped.

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I created an issue on github: Use NuGet Package Registry for PowerShell Modules · Issue #34486 · go-gitea/gitea · GitHub

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