microsoft / microsoft/powerbi-powershell
Unable to install cmdlets. "Unable to read file...to calculate its hash."
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Description
Hello,
Running through the installation instructions...link
- Open PowerShell as Admin
- Run
Install-Module -Name MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt - Accept PSGallery untrusted repository message with a
Y - Cmdlets start to load then...
- Error:
PackageManagement\Install-Package : Unable to read file C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Temp\442391038\MicrosoftPowerBIM
gmt.Data\lib\netstandard2.0\Microsoft.PowerBI.Common.Api.dll to calculate its hash.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:1809 char:21
+ ... $null = PackageManagement\Install-Package @PSBoundParameters
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Microsoft.Power....InstallPackage:InstallPackage) [Install-Package],
Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnableToReadFileToHash,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestFileCatalogCommand,Microsoft.Po
werShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage
I have .NET 4.7.2 installed already...

How can I get past this?
Thank you
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Research direction
Reproduce the documented Install-Module -Name MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt command in an elevated PowerShell session and capture the failure involving Microsoft.PowerBI.Common.Api.dll. Start with the PowerShellGet\PSModule.psm1 location and line 1809 shown in the error, then determine why TestFileCatalogCommand cannot read the extracted DLL. Done means the module installs successfully without the hash-reading error.
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- powershell
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- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
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- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
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