PowerShell / PowerShell/PSResourceGet

Provide more detailed error text when resource is not found

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Steps to reproduce

I saw the GA notice go out (good job getting to GA) and tried to update to the latest and accidently forgot to prefix the module name so it was not found. This produced a generic error message that the module was unable to be installed but in reality it failed due to it not existing.

Please update the failed install error text to say why it failed (module not found, etc).

Install-PSResource PSResourceGet -PassThru

Untrusted repository
You are installing the modules from an untrusted repository. If you trust this repository, change its Trusted value by running the Set-PSResourceRepository cmdlet. Are you sure you want to install the
PSResource from 'PSGallery'?
[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "N"): y
Install-PSResource: Package(s) 'PSResourceGet' could not be installed from repository 'PSGallery'.
Expected behavior
# Module not found error text instead of generic error message
Actual behavior
# Generic error message
Error details
Exception             :
    Type    : Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet.UtilClasses.ResourceNotFoundException
    Message : Package(s) 'PSResourceGet' could not be installed from repository 'PSGallery'.
    HResult : -2146233088
TargetObject          : Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet.Cmdlets.InstallPSResource
CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (Microsoft.PowerShel…s.InstallPSResource:InstallPSResource) [Install-PSResource], ResourceNotFoundException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : InstallPackageFailure,Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet.Cmdlets.InstallPSResource
InvocationInfo        :
    MyCommand        : Install-PSResource
    ScriptLineNumber : 1
    OffsetInLine     : 1
    HistoryId        : 1
    Line             : Install-PSResource PSResourceGet -PassThru
    Statement        : Install-PSResource PSResourceGet -PassThru
    PositionMessage  : At line:1 char:1
                       + Install-PSResource PSResourceGet -PassThru
                       + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    InvocationName   : Install-PSResource
    CommandOrigin    : Internal
ScriptStackTrace      : at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
PipelineIterationInfo :
Environment data
1.0.0
7.4-preview6
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Research direction

Start by reproducing the Install-PSResource PSResourceGet command and trace the InstallPSResource failure that produces ResourceNotFoundException and the InstallPackageFailure error ID. Update the reported text so a missing package is distinguished from a generic installation failure, then rerun the command to verify the message identifies the resource-not-found reason.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, powershell
Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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