Importing Module offline

[JosCspds]

I'm attempting to import PSScriptAnalyzer in my PC that does not have access to the internet.
I tried a few things and I can't seem to get it working.

I attempted to add the PSScriptAnalyzer release folder in a module path and then used
Import-Module PSScriptAnalyzer

Though I get these errors
Add-Type: Could not load file or assembly "location of my Newtonsoft.Json.dll file" or one of its dependencies
From line 22 of the PSScriptAnalyzer.psm1 file

and
Import-Module: Could not load file or assembly "location of my Microsoft.Windows.PowerShell.ScriptAnalyzer.dll file" or one of its dependencies
From line 31 of the PSScriptAnalyzer.psm1 file

I also tried using the git repo folder and running the build.ps1 script, but I get an error about the dotnet executable not being found
Errors are at lines 406 and 572 of the build.psm1 file

How do I import this module offline?

[bergmeister]

Without more details such as PS Version and where and how you installed in manually, I cannot say much where things went wrong. Manual installation definitely works though, you do not build PSSA yourself for this. You can download the zip from our releases here (make sure you unblock the zip first before you extract it) or the PSGallery here where they have the option for a manual download. All this assumes you know how to install a module yourself manually. Usually, one just has to extract to to a folder in $env:PsModulePath in a folder named PSScriptAnalyzer and for PS versions 5+ a subfolder 1.18.1 and under that the content, for Windows PowerShell this can be e.g. C:\Users\MyUserName\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1\PSScriptAnalyzer.psd1

[JosCspds]

Without more details such as PS Version and where and how you installed in manually, I cannot say much where things went wrong. Manual installation definitely works though, you do not build PSSA yourself for this. You can download the zip from our releases here (make sure you unblock the zip first before you extract it) or the PSGallery here where they have the option for a manual download. All this assumes you know how to install a module yourself manually. Usually, one just has to extract to to a folder in $env:PsModulePath in a folder named PSScriptAnalyzer and for PS versions 5+ a subfolder 1.18.1 and under that the content, for Windows PowerShell this can be e.g. C:\Users\MyUserName\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1\PSScriptAnalyzer.psd1

Thank you for the response!
I am using PSVersion: 5.1.16299.611
I added the PSScriptAnalyzer folder to:
C:Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules

I then attempt to use Get-ScriptAnalyzerRule and get an error that it is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program

After, I perform Import-Module PSScriptAnalyzer
then Get-Module

I see PSScriptAnalyzer and the version 1.18.1 on the table, but there are no ExportedCommands
which leads to the same error if I run Get-ScriptAnalyzerRule

am I missing something?

[bergmeister]

Have you checked that the files are not blocked (you can do this check on any DLL in the installation folder by right clicking on it and you should not see an Unblock checkbox as below:

Please report the output of Get-Childitem 'C:Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1' -Recurse
and use the -Verbose switch on Import-Module` and other cmdlets, which will show more details.

[JosCspds]

Have you checked that the files are not blocked (you can do this check on any DLL in the installation folder by right clicking on it and you should not see an Unblock checkbox as below:

Please report the output of Get-Childitem 'C:Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1' -Recurse
and use the -Verbose switch on Import-Module` and other cmdlets, which will show more details.

I checked through the files and all of them seem to be unblocked.

Here's my output for Get-Childitem 'C:Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1' -Recurse

    Directory: C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1


Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name                                                                  
----                -------------         ------ ----                                                                  
d-----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM                compatibility_profiles                                                
d-----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM                coreclr                                                               
d-----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM                en-US                                                                 
d-----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM                PSv3                                                                  
d-----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM                PSv4                                                                  
d-----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM                Settings                                                              
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM         150096 Microsoft.PowerShell.CrossCompatibility.dll                           
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM         351312 Microsoft.Windows.PowerShell.ScriptAnalyzer.BuiltinRules.dll          
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM         243280 Microsoft.Windows.PowerShell.ScriptAnalyzer.dll                       
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM         662528 Newtonsoft.Json.dll                                                   
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM          16434 PSScriptAnalyzer.psd1                                                 
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM          16229 PSScriptAnalyzer.psm1                                                 
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM          19501 ScriptAnalyzer.format.ps1xml                                          
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM          17354 ScriptAnalyzer.types.ps1xml                                           


    Directory: 
    C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1\compatibility_profiles


Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name                                                                  
----                -------------         ------ ----                                                                  
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM       13702572 ubuntu_x64_18.04_6.1.3_x64_4.0.30319.42000_core.json                  
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM       38297941 union_2a73b402.json                                                   
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM       23653457 win-48_x64_10.0.17763.0_5.1.17763.316_x64_4.0.30319.42000_framework.js
                                                 on                                                                    
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM       16433262 win-48_x64_10.0.17763.0_6.1.3_x64_4.0.30319.42000_core.json           
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM       23727309 win-8_x64_10.0.14393.0_5.1.14393.2791_x64_4.0.30319.42000_framework.js
                                                 on                                                                    
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM       14353513 win-8_x64_10.0.14393.0_6.1.3_x64_4.0.30319.42000_core.json            
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM       24690250 win-8_x64_10.0.17763.0_5.1.17763.316_x64_4.0.30319.42000_framework.jso
                                                 n                                                                     
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM       16435413 win-8_x64_10.0.17763.0_6.1.3_x64_4.0.30319.42000_core.json            
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM       21257822 win-8_x64_6.2.9200.0_3.0_x64_4.0.30319.42000_framework.json           
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM       21716676 win-8_x64_6.3.9600.0_4.0_x64_4.0.30319.42000_framework.json           


    Directory: C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1\coreclr


Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name                                                                  
----                -------------         ------ ----                                                                  
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM         150392 Microsoft.PowerShell.CrossCompatibility.dll                           
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM         345976 Microsoft.Windows.PowerShell.ScriptAnalyzer.BuiltinRules.dll          
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM         241016 Microsoft.Windows.PowerShell.ScriptAnalyzer.dll                       


    Directory: C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1\en-US


Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name                                                                  
----                -------------         ------ ----                                                                  
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM          79637 Microsoft.Windows.PowerShell.ScriptAnalyzer.dll-Help.xml              


    Directory: C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1\PSv3


Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name                                                                  
----                -------------         ------ ----                                                                  
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM         149880 Microsoft.PowerShell.CrossCompatibility.dll                           
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM         331128 Microsoft.Windows.PowerShell.ScriptAnalyzer.BuiltinRules.dll          
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM         230776 Microsoft.Windows.PowerShell.ScriptAnalyzer.dll                       
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM         662528 Newtonsoft.Json.dll                                                   


    Directory: C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1\PSv4


Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name                                                                  
----                -------------         ------ ----                                                                  
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM         149880 Microsoft.PowerShell.CrossCompatibility.dll                           
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM         338808 Microsoft.Windows.PowerShell.ScriptAnalyzer.BuiltinRules.dll          
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM         230992 Microsoft.Windows.PowerShell.ScriptAnalyzer.dll                       
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM         662528 Newtonsoft.Json.dll                                                   


    Directory: C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1\Settings


Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name                                                                  
----                -------------         ------ ----                                                                  
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM          13646 CmdletDesign.psd1                                                     
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM          14716 CodeFormatting.psd1                                                   
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM          14717 CodeFormattingAllman.psd1                                             
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM          14712 CodeFormattingOTBS.psd1                                               
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM          14761 CodeFormattingStroustrup.psd1                                         
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM         143006 core-6.1.0-linux-arm.json                                             
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM         143006 core-6.1.0-linux.json                                                 
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM         143006 core-6.1.0-macos.json                                                 
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM         186236 core-6.1.0-windows.json                                               
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM         288463 desktop-2.0-windows.json                                              
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM        1089510 desktop-3.0-windows.json                                              
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM        1220200 desktop-4.0-windows.json                                              
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM        1831955 desktop-5.1.14393.206-windows.json                                    
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM          13292 DSC.psd1                                                              
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM          14319 PSGallery.psd1                                                        
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM          13727 ScriptFunctions.psd1                                                  
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM          13351 ScriptingStyle.psd1                                                   
-a----        6/20/2019  11:30 AM          13551 ScriptSecurity.psd1                                                   

and here are my results for Import-Module PSScriptAnalyzer -Verbose

VERBOSE: Loading module from path
'C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1\PSScriptAnalyzer.psd1'.
VERBOSE: Loading 'TypesToProcess' from path
'C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1\ScriptAnalyzer.types.ps1xml'.
VERBOSE: Loading 'FormatsToProcess' from path
'C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1\ScriptAnalyzer.format.ps1xml'.
VERBOSE: Populating RepositorySourceLocation property for module PSScriptAnalyzer.
VERBOSE: Loading module from path
'C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1\PSScriptAnalyzer.psm1'.
Add-Type : Could not load file or assembly
'file:///C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1\Newtonsoft.Json.dll' or
one of its dependencies. Operation is not supported. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131515)
At C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1\PSScriptAnalyzer.psm1:22 char:5
+     Add-Type -Path "$PSScriptRoot/Newtonsoft.Json.dll"
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Add-Type], FileLoadException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.FileLoadException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddTypeCommand

Import-Module : Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSS
criptAnalyzer\1.18.1\Microsoft.Windows.PowerShell.ScriptAnalyzer.dll' or one of its dependencies. Operation is not
supported. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131515)
At C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1\PSScriptAnalyzer.psm1:31 char:17
+ $binaryModule = Import-Module -Name $binaryModulePath -PassThru
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Import-Module], FileLoadException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.FileLoadException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand

VERBOSE: Exporting function 'RuleNameCompleter'.

[bergmeister]

Judging by the error, it looks like the files are actually not unblocked. To make sure they are unblocked, please run Get-Childitem 'C:Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1' -Recurse | Unblock-File. Then open a new shell and try to run Import-Module PSScriptAnalyzer -Verbose again.

If the issue still persists after this, please tell me from where you have downloaded/taken the installation excatly (from local Install, GH release page or via manual download of PSGallery, etc.) and upload the module please (you can delete the compatibility_profiles folder to make the zip smaller than 10MB, in fact I only need the files in the folder C:Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1, not any other files in subfolders).
Also: What is your execution policy (Get-ExecutionPolicy)?

[JosCspds]

@bergmeister Thank you very much!
Running
Get-Childitem 'C:Users\Administrator\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.18.1' -Recurse | Unblock-File
did the trick

[bergmeister]

You're welcome. This means that the files were actually not unblocked.
Please remember for the future that whenever you download binaries from the Internet, Windows does not trust them by default (even if they are signed), therefore you always need to unblock zip files before you extract them. Also note that this issue would not have happened with PowerShell 6 because they removed a lot of the unnecessary CAS (code access security) rules.