Can't install modules when running as non root user on Centos 7.6

[djsowa]

Steps to reproduce

sudo -E -u NONROOTUSERNAME pwsh -Command "Install-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber -Scope CurrentUser -Force"

Expected behavior

Az module installed.

Actual behavior

NuGet provider is required to continue
This version of PowerShellGet requires minimum version '2.8.5.201' of NuGet provider to publish an item to NuGet-based repositories. The NuGet provider must be available in '' or ''. You can also install the 
NuGet provider by running 'Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force'. Do you want PowerShellGet to install and import the NuGet provider now?
[Y] Yes  [N] No  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"): Y
PackageManagement\Install-PackageProvider : Unhandled Exception - Message:'The type initializer for 'Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Extensions.FilesystemExtensions' threw an exception.' Name:'TypeInitializationException' Stack Trace:'   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Extensions.FilesystemExtensions.MakeSafeFileName(String input)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Plugin.DynamicType.DefineDynamicType(Type interfaceType)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Plugin.DynamicType..ctor(Type interfaceType, OrderedDictionary`2 methods, List`2 delegates, List`1 stubs)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Plugin.DynamicType.<>c__DisplayClass9_0.<Create>b__3()
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Extensions.DictionaryExtensions.GetOrAdd[TKey,TValue](IDictionary`2 dictionary, TKey key, Func`1 valueFunction)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Plugin.DynamicType.Create(Type tInterface, OrderedDictionary`2 instanceMethods, List`2 delegateMethods, List`1 stubMethods, List`2 usedInstances)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Plugin.DynamicInterface.CreateProxy(Type tInterface, Object[] instances)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Plugin.DynamicInterface.DynamicCast(Type tInterface, Object[] instances)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Plugin.DynamicInterface.DynamicCast[TInterface](Object[] instances)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Plugin.DynamicInterfaceExtensions.As[TInterface](Object instance)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.CmdletBase.get_PackageManagementHost()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.CmdletBase.SelectProviders(String[] names)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.CmdletWithProvider.get_SelectedProviders()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackageProvider.get_SelectedProviders()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.CmdletWithProvider.<get_CachedSelectedProviders>b__23_0()
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Extensions.DictionaryExtensions.GetOrAdd[TKey,TValue](IDictionary`2 dictionary, TKey key, Func`1 valueFunction)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Extensions.Singleton`1.GetOrAdd(Func`1 newInstance, Object primaryKey, Object[] keys)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Extensions.SingletonExtensions.GetOrAdd[TResult](Object primaryKey, Func`1 newInstance, Object[] keys)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.CmdletWithProvider.get_CachedSelectedProviders()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.CmdletWithProvider.GenerateDynamicParameters()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.AsyncCmdlet.<>c__DisplayClass83_0.<AsyncRun>b__0()'
At /opt/microsoft/powershell/6/Modules/PowerShellGet/PSModule.psm1:3128 char:21
+ ...     $null = PackageManagement\Install-PackageProvider -Name $script:N ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (Microsoft.PowerShel\u2026tallPackageProvider:InstallPackageProvider) [Install-PackageProvider], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnhandledException,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackageProvider
 
PackageManagement\Import-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria and provider name 'NuGet'. Try 'Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable' to see if the provider exists on the system.
At /opt/microsoft/powershell/6/Modules/PowerShellGet/PSModule.psm1:3134 char:21
+ ...     $null = PackageManagement\Import-PackageProvider -Name $script:Nu ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (NuGet:String) [Import-PackageProvider], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.ImportPackageProvider
 
PackageManagement\Get-PackageProvider : Unhandled Exception - Message:'The type initializer for 'Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Extensions.FilesystemExtensions' threw an exception.' Name:'TypeInitializationException' Stack Trace:'   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Extensions.FilesystemExtensions.MakeSafeFileName(String input)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Plugin.DynamicType.DefineDynamicType(Type interfaceType)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Plugin.DynamicType..ctor(Type interfaceType, OrderedDictionary`2 methods, List`2 delegates, List`1 stubs)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Plugin.DynamicType.<>c__DisplayClass9_0.<Create>b__3()
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Extensions.DictionaryExtensions.GetOrAdd[TKey,TValue](IDictionary`2 dictionary, TKey key, Func`1 valueFunction)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Plugin.DynamicType.Create(Type tInterface, OrderedDictionary`2 instanceMethods, List`2 delegateMethods, List`1 stubMethods, List`2 usedInstances)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Plugin.DynamicInterface.CreateProxy(Type tInterface, Object[] instances)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Plugin.DynamicInterface.DynamicCast(Type tInterface, Object[] instances)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Plugin.DynamicInterface.DynamicCast[TInterface](Object[] instances)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Plugin.DynamicInterfaceExtensions.As[TInterface](Object instance)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.CmdletBase.get_PackageManagementHost()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.CmdletBase.SelectProviders(String name)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.GetPackageProvider.ProcessProvidersFilteredByName()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.GetPackageProvider.ProcessRecordAsync()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.AsyncCmdlet.<>c__DisplayClass83_0.<AsyncRun>b__0()'
+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (Microsoft.PowerShel\u2026.GetPackageProvider:GetPackageProvider) [Get-PackageProvider], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnhandledException,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.GetPackageProvider
 
Install-Module : NuGet provider is required to interact with NuGet-based repositories. Please ensure that '2.8.5.201' or newer version of NuGet provider is installed.
At line:1 char:1
+ Install-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber -Scope CurrentUser -Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Install-Module], InvalidOperationException

Environment data

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      6.2.2
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    6.2.2
OS                             Linux 3.10.0-957.21.3.el7.x86_64 PowerShell/PowerShell#1 SMP Tue Jun 18 16:35:19 UTC 2019
Platform                       Unix
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

SELinux status:

SELinux status:                 enabled
SELinuxfs mount:                /sys/fs/selinux
SELinux root directory:         /etc/selinux
Loaded policy name:             targeted
Current mode:                   permissive
Mode from config file:          enforcing
Policy MLS status:              enabled
Policy deny_unknown status:     allowed
Max kernel policy version:      31

[TravisEz13]

The -E on sudo says not to load the environment of the user so the environment is pointing to places the user likely doesn't have access to.
Also, I think this is would be considered a feature request for https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShellget . I don't have permissions to transfer your issue.

GitHub

PowerShell/PowerShellGet

PowerShellGet is the Package Manager for PowerShell - PowerShell/PowerShellGet

[djsowa]

@TravisEz13 thanks for pointing that out. I checked again without -E and the result are exactly the same.

[TravisEz13]

@SteveL-MSFT Can/Should we transfer this to PowerShellGet?

[SydneyhSmith]

@djsowa thanks for opening this issue...what version of .Net do you have running?

[djsowa]

@SydneyhSmith Here You can find dotnet--info result:

.NET Core SDK (reflecting any global.json):
 Version:   2.2.402
 Commit:    c7f2f96116

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     centos
 OS Version:  7
 OS Platform: Linux
 RID:         centos.7-x64
 Base Path:   /usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.2.402/

Host (useful for support):
  Version: 2.2.7
  Commit:  b1e29ae826

.NET Core SDKs installed:
  2.1.802 [/usr/share/dotnet/sdk]
  2.2.402 [/usr/share/dotnet/sdk]

.NET Core runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.13 [/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.7 [/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.13 [/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.7 [/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.13 [/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.7 [/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]

To install additional .NET Core runtimes or SDKs:
  https://aka.ms/dotnet-download

[DrStrangepork]

I am having this issue as well. I think the root cause is having no package provider on the system for the user. The debug log says Try 'Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable' to see if the provider exists on the system. When I run that command as a non-root user:

$  pwsh -Command 'Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable -Verbose -Debug'
DEBUG: 00:00:00.0000076 Trying provider assembly: /usr/local/share/powershell/Modules/PackageManagement/1.4.7/coreclr/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.PackageManagement.NuGetProvider.dll
DEBUG: 00:00:00.0012889 Trying provider assembly: /usr/local/share/powershell/Modules/PackageManagement/1.4.7/coreclr/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.PackageManagement.MetaProvider.PowerShell.dll
DEBUG: 00:00:00.0055790 Attempting loading of assembly: /usr/local/share/powershell/Modules/PackageManagement/1.4.7/coreclr/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.PackageManagement.MetaProvider.PowerShell.dll
DEBUG: 00:00:00.0059795 Trying provider assembly: /usr/local/share/powershell/Modules/PackageManagement/1.4.7/coreclr/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.PackageManagement.ArchiverProviders.dll
DEBUG: 00:00:00.0064290 Attempting loading of assembly: /usr/local/share/powershell/Modules/PackageManagement/1.4.7/coreclr/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.PackageManagement.NuGetProvider.dll
DEBUG: 00:00:00.0066582 Attempting loading of assembly: /usr/local/share/powershell/Modules/PackageManagement/1.4.7/coreclr/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.PackageManagement.ArchiverProviders.dll
DEBUG: 00:00:00.0086715 Trying provider assembly: /usr/local/share/powershell/Modules/PackageManagement/1.4.7/coreclr/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.PackageManagement.CoreProviders.dll
DEBUG: 00:00:00.0090057 Attempting loading of assembly: /usr/local/share/powershell/Modules/PackageManagement/1.4.7/coreclr/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.PackageManagement.CoreProviders.dll
VERBOSE: Acquiring providers for assembly: /usr/local/share/powershell/Modules/PackageManagement/1.4.7/coreclr/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.PackageManagement.CoreProviders.dll
VERBOSE: Acquiring providers for assembly: /usr/local/share/powershell/Modules/PackageManagement/1.4.7/coreclr/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.PackageManagement.NuGetProvider.dll
VERBOSE: Acquiring providers for assembly: /usr/local/share/powershell/Modules/PackageManagement/1.4.7/coreclr/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.PackageManagement.ArchiverProviders.dll
VERBOSE: Acquiring providers for assembly: /usr/local/share/powershell/Modules/PackageManagement/1.4.7/coreclr/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.PackageManagement.MetaProvider.PowerShell.dll
DEBUG: 00:00:00.0811480 Registering providers via metaproviders for assembly Microsoft.PackageManagement.MetaProvider.PowerShell.Internal.PowerShellMetaProvider
DEBUG: 00:00:00.1039611 The type initializer for 'Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Extensions.FilesystemExtensions' threw an exception.
DEBUG: 00:00:00.1043263 The type initializer for 'Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Extensions.FilesystemExtensions' threw an exception.
DEBUG: 00:00:00.1054291 One or more errors occurred. (The type initializer for 'Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Extensions.FilesystemExtensions' threw an exception.)
DEBUG: 00:00:00.1059633 FAILED provider assembly: /usr/local/share/powershell/Modules/PackageManagement/1.4.7/coreclr/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.PackageManagement.NuGetProvider.dll
DEBUG: 00:00:00.1172153 One or more errors occurred. (The type initializer for 'Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Extensions.FilesystemExtensions' threw an exception.)
DEBUG: 00:00:00.1173914    at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.WaitAllCore(Task[] tasks, Int32 millisecondsTimeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.WaitAll(Task[] tasks)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Extensions.CollectionExtensions.WaitAll(IEnumerable`1 tasks)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Implementation.PackageManagementService.AcquireProviders(String assemblyPath, IHostApi request, Boolean shouldRefreshCache)
DEBUG: 00:00:00.1173972    at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.WaitAllCore(Task[] tasks, Int32 millisecondsTimeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.WaitAll(Task[] tasks)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Extensions.CollectionExtensions.WaitAll(IEnumerable`1 tasks)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Implementation.PackageManagementService.AcquireProviders(String assemblyPath, IHostApi request, Boolean shouldRefreshCache)
DEBUG: 00:00:00.1175321 FAILED provider assembly: /usr/local/share/powershell/Modules/PackageManagement/1.4.7/coreclr/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.PackageManagement.ArchiverProviders.dll
DEBUG: 00:00:00.1175319 FAILED provider assembly: /usr/local/share/powershell/Modules/PackageManagement/1.4.7/coreclr/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.PackageManagement.CoreProviders.dll
DEBUG: 00:00:00.1525318 One or more errors occurred. (The type initializer for 'Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Extensions.FilesystemExtensions' threw an exception.)
DEBUG: 00:00:00.1527452    at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.WaitAllCore(Task[] tasks, Int32 millisecondsTimeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.WaitAll(Task[] tasks)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Utility.Extensions.CollectionExtensions.WaitAll(IEnumerable`1 tasks)
   at Microsoft.PackageManagement.Internal.Implementation.PackageManagementService.AcquireProviders(String assemblyPath, IHostApi request, Boolean shouldRefreshCache)
DEBUG: 00:00:00.1528996 FAILED provider assembly: /usr/local/share/powershell/Modules/PackageManagement/1.4.7/coreclr/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.PackageManagement.MetaProvider.PowerShell.dll
VERBOSE: PowerShell meta provider initialization failed.

I even tried this after giving the current user rights to the PowerShell-related local folders

sudo chown -R ec2-user /opt/microsoft/
sudo chown -R ec2-user /usr/local/share/powershell/

[jepper]

I had a similar problem. It was caused by ownership of /tmp/Microsoft.PackageManagement. Only root and the nonroot user who created it were able to install modules. Deleting this directory mitigates the issue, but, of course, only for the user who creates it.

[anamnavi]

@djsowa we're in the process of refactoring the Install cmdlet and will address this issue then.

[abilous-ti]

@anamnavi Are there any ETA when the issue will be fixed?

[josephtingiris]

I ran into a similar issue that brought me here.

On linux (f35), if I use pwsh as one user & then try a different user ... install-module fails (for the second, and subsequent users). I tracked it down to pwsh creating /tmp/Microsoft.PackageManagement/, which is owned by the first user (with mode 0700). If I delete that directory manually, then install-module works for user #2, but user #1 now breaks. A different bug?

[StevenBucher98]

Hi @abilous-ti and @josephtingiris can you all try the latest PowerShellGetv3 release? We believe it might be resolved there.