(Install and) load the assemblies from a NuGet package into PowerShell

Import-NugetLibrary.ps1

#requires -Module PackageManagement
using namespace NuGet
[CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'MaybeUseExisting')]
param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory, Position = 0)]
    [String]$Name,

    [String]$Destination = "$(Split-Path $Profile)\Libraries",

    [switch]$ForceReinstall,

    [switch]$AllowPrerelease,

    [string]$Version
)
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
if (!(Test-Path $Destination -Type Container)) {
    throw "The destination path ($Destination) must point to an existing folder, NuGet will install packages in subdirectories of this folder."
}

if ((Get-Command nuget.exe -ErrorAction Ignore).Version -lt "6.0") {
    # Install-WebBinary is in Install-GithubRelease (which I should make into a module, but later)
    . Install-GithubRelease.ps1 Jaykul WebBinary
    Install-WebBinary https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/latest/nuget.exe nuget.exe
}

Add-Type -AssemblyName (Get-Command nuget).Path

$PackagePath = if (Test-Path "$Destination\$Name") {
    Convert-Path "$Destination\$Name"
} elseif (Test-Path "$Destination\$Name*") {
    Convert-Path "$Destination\$Name*" |
        Sort-Object { [SemanticVersion]($_ -replace ".*?\.([\d\.]+(-.*)?)$", '$1') } -Descending |
        Select-Object -First 1
}

if ($ForceReinstall -or -not $PackagePath){
    $null = $PSBoundParameters.Remove("ForceReinstall")
    $PSBoundParameters['Destination'] = $Destination

    # Normalize: nuget requires destination NOT end with a slash
    $Destination = (Convert-Path $Destination).TrimEnd("\")

    if ($Version -and $AllowPrerelease) {
        nuget install $Name -OutputDirectory $Destination -Version $Version -Prerelease
    } elseif ($AllowPrerelease) {
        nuget install $Name -OutputDirectory $Destination -Prerelease
    } elseif ($Version) {
        nuget install $Name -OutputDirectory $Destination -Version $Version
    } else {
        nuget install $Name -OutputDirectory $Destination
    }

    $PackagePath = if (Test-Path "$Destination\$Name") {
        Convert-Path "$Destination\$Name"
    } elseif (Test-Path "$Destination\$Name*") {
        Convert-Path "$Destination\$Name*" |
            Sort-Object { [SemanticVersion]($_ -replace ".*?\.([\d\.]+)$", '$1') } -Descending |
            Select-Object -First 1
    } else {
        $Package | Out-Default
        Write-Error "Could not find package after install of Package!"
    }

    Write-Verbose "Installed $Name to $PackagePath"
} else {
    Write-Verbose "Found $Name at $PackagePath"
}

# Nuget packages hide their assemblies in folders with version numbers...

$Versions = @()

if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion -ge "7.4") {
    $Versions += @("net8.0")
}
if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion -ge "7.3") {
    $Versions += @("net7.0")
}
if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion -ge "7.2") {
    $Versions += @("net6.0")
}
if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion -ge "7.1") {
    $Versions += @("net5.0")
}
if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion -ge "6.0") {
    $Versions += @("netstandard2.1", "netstandard2.0", "netstandard1.6", "netstandard1.5", "netstandard1.4", "netstandard1.3", "netstandard1.2", "netstandard1.1", "netstandard1.0")
}
if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion -ge "4.0") {
    $Versions += @("net482","net481","net48","net472","net471","net47","net463","net462","net461","net46", "net452", "net451", "net45", "net40", "net35", "net20")
} elseif ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion -ge "3.0") {
    $Versions = "net40", "net35", "net20", "net45", "net451", "net452", "net46"
} else {
    $Versions = "net35", "net20"
}

# build full path with \ on the end
$LibraryPath = ($Versions -replace "^", "$PackagePath*\lib\") + "$PackagePath*\lib\" + "$PackagePath*" |
    # find the first one that exists
    Convert-Path -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object -First 1

$Number = $LibraryPath -replace '.*?([\d\.]+)$', '$1' -replace '(?<=\d)(?=\d)$', '.'

if (Test-Path "$PackagePath\$Name.nuspec") {
    Write-Verbose "Found nuspec file at $PackagePath\$Name.nuspec"
    $Document = [xml](Get-Content "$PackagePath\$Name.nuspec")
} elseif (Test-Path "$PackagePath\$Name*.nupkg") {
    $Nupkg = Convert-Path "$PackagePath\$Name*.nupkg"
    Write-Verbose "Reading nupkg at $Nupkg"
    try {
        $Package = [System.IO.Packaging.Package]::Open( $Nupkg, "Open", "Read" )
        $Part = $Package.GetPart( $Package.GetRelationshipsByType( "http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2010/07/manifest" ).TargetUri )

        try {
            $Stream = $Part.GetStream()
            $Reader = [System.IO.StreamReader]$Stream
            $Document = [xml]$Reader.ReadToEnd()
        } catch [Exception] {
            $PSCmdlet.WriteError( [System.Management.Automation.ErrorRecord]::new($_.Exception, "Unexpected Exception", "InvalidResult", $_) )
        } finally {
            if ($Reader) {
                $Reader.Close()
                $Reader.Dispose()
            }
            if ($Stream) {
                $Stream.Close()
                $Stream.Dispose()
            }
        }
        if ($Package) {
            $Package.Close()
            $Package.Dispose()
        }
    } catch [Exception] {
        $PSCmdlet.WriteError( [System.Management.Automation.ErrorRecord]::new($_.Exception, "Cannot Open Path", "OpenError", $Path) )
    }
}
if ($Document) {
    Write-Debug $Document.OuterXml
    if ($Dependencies = $Document.package.metadata.dependencies) {
        Write-Verbose "Importing Dependencies for $number"
        foreach ($dependency in @($Dependencies.Group).Where{ $_.targetFramework.EndsWith($number) }.dependency.id) {
            Import-NugetLibrary -Destination:$Destination -Name:$dependency
        }
    }
    if ($References = $Document.package.metadata.references) {
        Write-Verbose "Importing References for $number"
        $group = @($references.Group).Where{ $_.targetFramework.EndsWith($number) }
        if ($group) {
            $Files = $group.dependency.id
        } else {
            Write-Warning "Couldn't match $number, try all of them"
            # If we can't figure out the right group, just get all the references:
            $Files = @($references.SelectNodes("//*[name(.) = 'reference']").File | Select-Object -Unique)
        }
        $Assemblies = Get-Item ($Files -replace "^", "$LibraryPath\")
    }
}
if (!$Assemblies) {
    $Assemblies = Get-ChildItem $LibraryPath -Filter *.dll
}

if ($Assemblies) {
    # Just for the purpose of the verbose output
    Push-Location $Destination
    # since we don't know the order, we'll just loop a few times
    for ($e = 0; $e -lt $Assemblies.Count; $e++) {
        $success = $true
        foreach ($assm in $Assemblies) {
            Write-Verbose "Import Library $(Resolve-Path $Assm.FullName -Relative)"
            Add-Type -Path $Assm.FullName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorVariable failure
            if ($failure) {
                $success = $false
            } else {
                Write-Host "LOADING: " -Fore Cyan -NoNewline
                Write-Host $LibraryPath\ -Fore Yellow -NoNewline
                Write-Host $Assm.Name -Fore White
            }
        }
        # if we loaded everything ok, we're done
        if ($success) {
            break
        }
    }
    Pop-Location
}


if (!$success) {
    throw $failure
}
return

I tried this script, unfortunately I get an error that -PackageSaveMode is missing Install-Package (On Win10)

Until now I only found this entry that complains about a breaking change.

They changed the module. It's frustrating.

What did this switch do?

The -PackageSaveMode prevented nuget from saving the whole .nupkg file