3.11. Installing the IDERI note PowerShell module

3.11.1. Prerequisites

The IDERI note PowerShell module has the following prerequisites:

• Windows PowerShell >= 4.0
• .Net Framework >= 4.8

If you want to check your installed PowerShell version you can query the builtin PowerShell variable $PSVersionTable.

PS> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.19041.1151
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.19041.1151
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

The example above shows the output of the variable $PSVersionTable on a Windows 10 20H2 system.

3.11.2. Interactive installation of the MSI

The IDERI note PowerShell module is available as the MSI installer package inotePsModule.msi.

Note

The target path you specify during installation will automatically be added to the environment variable $env:PSModulePath by the installer. This environment variable contains a list of folder locations that are searched to find modules and resources.

If you invoke the inotePsModule.msi setup file, the installation welcome screen will appear (figure 3.57).

Figure 3.57: Installation welcome screen

If you click “Next” on the installation welcome screen, the destination folder setup screen will appear (figure 3.58).

Figure 3.58: Destination folder setup screen

Using this screen, you can either change the folder, where the IDERI note PowerShell module will be installed or accept the default, which is the recommended setting.

After that, click “Next” and the installation start screen will appear (figure 3.59).

Figure 3.59: Installation start screen

If you click “Install” on the installation start screen, the installation process is started and the installation process screen is shown (figure 3.60).

Figure 3.60: Installation process screen

The installation process screen will take a while until it completes and the installation completion page is shown (figure 3.61).

Figure 3.61: Installation completion screen

If the installation completion screen is shown, the IDERI note PowerShell module has been installed successfully and you can click the “Finish” button now.

3.11.2.1. Using the MSI silent mode

As MSI is a common installer standard you can use the builtin command line parameters of msiexec.exe (like /passive or /quiet) to install inotePsModule.msi silently.

The following command line assumes that you have created the directory c:\temp, where the Windows® installer installation engine will create the log file inotePSModule.log.

msiexec.exe /i inotePsModule.msi /l*v c:\temp\inotePSModule.log /passive

Executing this command line will install the IDERI note PowerShell module with its default values.