Install-PSResource installs script and not module

[nabrond]

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Steps to reproduce

Attempting to install Pester v5.3.1 yields the following results.

PS> Install-PSResource -Name Pester -Verbose
VERBOSE: All paths to search: 'C:\Users\xxxx\OneDrive - xxxx\Documents\PowerShell\Modules'
VERBOSE: All paths to search: 'C:\Users\xxxx\OneDrive - xxxx\Documents\PowerShell\Scripts'
VERBOSE: Performing the operation "Install-PSResource" on target "package to install: 'Pester'".
VERBOSE: Parameters passed in >>> Name: 'Pester'; Version: ''; Prerelease: 'False'; Repository: ''; AcceptLicense: 'False'; Quiet: 'False'; Reinstall: 'False'; TrustRepository: 'False'; NoClobber: 'False';
VERBOSE: Attempting to search for packages in 'PSGallery'
VERBOSE: Untrusted repository accepted as trusted source.
VERBOSE: Null Type provided, so add PSGalleryScripts repository
VERBOSE: Searching in repository PSGallery
VERBOSE: 5.3.1.0
VERBOSE: Null Type provided, so add PSGalleryScripts repository
VERBOSE: Searching in repository PSGallery
VERBOSE: Begin installing package: 'Pester'
VERBOSE: Successfully able to download package from source to: 'C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\93a42f70-85e3-4320-b551-d30a3099ae9c'
VERBOSE: Deleting 'C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\93a42f70-85e3-4320-b551-d30a3099ae9c\pester\5.3.1\pester.5.3.1.nupkg.sha512'
VERBOSE: Deleting 'C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\93a42f70-85e3-4320-b551-d30a3099ae9c\pester\5.3.1\pester.nuspec'
VERBOSE: Deleting 'C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\93a42f70-85e3-4320-b551-d30a3099ae9c\pester\5.3.1\pester.5.3.1.nupkg'
VERBOSE: Installation source path is: 'C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\93a42f70-85e3-4320-b551-d30a3099ae9c\pester\5.3.1'
VERBOSE: Installation destination path is: 'C:\Users\xxxx\OneDrive - xxxx\Documents\PowerShell\Scripts'
VERBOSE: Checking if path 'False' exists:
VERBOSE: Moving 'C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\93a42f70-85e3-4320-b551-d30a3099ae9c\pester\5.3.1\Pester_InstalledScriptInfo.xml' to 'C:\Users\xxxx\OneDrive - xxxx\Documents\PowerShell\Scripts\InstalledScriptInfos\Pester_InstalledScriptInfo.xml'
VERBOSE: Checking if path 'False' exists:
VERBOSE: Moving 'C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\93a42f70-85e3-4320-b551-d30a3099ae9c\pester\5.3.1\Pester.ps1' to 'C:\Users\xxxx\OneDrive - xxxx\Documents\PowerShell\Scripts\Pester.ps1'
VERBOSE: Successfully installed package 'Pester' to location 'C:\Users\xxxx\OneDrive - xxxx\Documents\PowerShell\Scripts'
VERBOSE: Attempting to delete 'C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\93a42f70-85e3-4320-b551-d30a3099ae9c'
VERBOSE: Successfully deleted 'C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\93a42f70-85e3-4320-b551-d30a3099ae9

Expected behavior

PS> Install-PSResource -Name Pester
PS> Get-Module -Name Pester -List | ft Name,Version,ModuleBase -Auto

Name   Version ModuleBase
----   ------- ----------
Pester 5.3.1   C:\Users\xxxx\OneDrive - xxxx\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\Pester\5.3.1
Pester 3.4.0   C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Pester\3.4.0

Actual behavior

PS> Get-Module -Name Pester -List | ft Name,Version,ModuleBase -Auto

Name   Version ModuleBase
----   ------- ----------
Pester 3.4.0   C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Pester\3.4.0

Error details

No error reported.

Environment data

PS> Get-Module PowerShellGet; $PSVersionTable

ModuleType Version    PreRelease Name                                ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ---------- ----                                ----------------
Binary     3.0.11     beta       PowerShellGet                       {Find-PSResource, Get-InstalledPSResource, Get-PSResourceRepository, Install-PSResource…}

PS> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.1.4
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.1.4
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.19043
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Visuals

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[StevenBucher98]

Thanks @nabrond! We just closed a PR #504, this will be out in our next release and should be fixed then.