I'm finding Windows 10 package management not very intuitive. Below are my adventures in trying to install VLC, which sounds like a very common test case for a package manager.
Find-Package vlc
Nope
Find-Package -Update
Nope
Install-Package --help
Nope
Install-Package /?
Nope
Install-Package vlc
The provider 'nuget v2.8.5.127' is not installed.
nuget may be manually downloaded from https://oneget.org/nuget-anycpu-2.8.5.127.exe and installed.
Would you like PackageManagement to automatically download and install 'nuget' now?
[Y] Yes [N] No [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"):
Install-Package : No match was found for the specified search criteria and package name 'vlc'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Install-Package vlc
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power....InstallPackage:InstallPackage) [Install-Package], Ex
ception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage
Nope
Register-PackageSource -Name chocolatey -Location http://chocolatey.org/api/v2 -Provider PSModule -Trusted -Verbose
Maybe?
Install-Package vlc
WARNING: The module 'vlc' cannot be installed or updated because it is not a properly-formed module.
Nope
Install-Package -Name VLC
.Install-Package -Name VLC
Install-Package : No match was found for the specified search criteria and package name 'VLC'.
Find-Package -Name VLC
find anything for you? Also, check if it's case sensitive.Find-Package -Name VLC
Find-Package : No match was found for the specified search criteria and package name 'VLC'. At line:1 char:1 + Find-Package -Name VLC + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power...ets.FindPackage:FindPackage) [Find-Package], Exceptio n + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.FindPackageupdate-help
first.