Building Pode

If you have Pode's source code checked out locally on your machine, you can follow these steps to build Pode:

Windows

Install InvokeBuild Module

Using Powershell Gallery

Install-Module InvokeBuild -Scope CurrentUser

Using Chocolatey

choco install invoke-build

Test

To run the unit tests, run the following command from the root of the repository (this will build Pode and, if needed, auto-install Pester/.NET):
```
Invoke-Build Test
```
Build

To just build Pode, before running any examples, run the following:
```
Invoke-Build Build
```
Packaging

To create a Pode package. Please note that docker has to be present to create the containers.
```
Invoke-Build Pack
```
Install locally

To install Pode from the repository, run the following:
```
Invoke-Build Install-Module
```
To uninstall, use:
```
Invoke-Build Remove-Module
```
CleanUp

To clean up after a build or a pack, run the following:
```
Invoke-Build clean
```

Linux

Register the Microsoft Repository

CentOS

sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
sudo curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/microsoft.repo https://packages.microsoft.com/config/centos/8/prod.repo

RedHat

sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
sudo curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/microsoft.repo https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/9/prod.repo

Debian / Ubuntu

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y wget apt-transport-https software-properties-common
wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/debian/$(lsb_release -rs)/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo apt-get update;

Install InvokeBuild Module

Install-Module InvokeBuild -Scope CurrentUser

Test

To run the unit tests, run the following command from the root of the repository (this will build Pode and, if needed, auto-install Pester/.NET):
```
Invoke-Build Test
```
Build

To just build Pode, before running any examples, run the following:
```
Invoke-Build Build
```
Packaging

To create a Pode package. Please note that docker has to be present to create the containers.
```
Invoke-Build Pack
```
Install locally

To install Pode from the repository, run the following:
```
Invoke-Build Install-Module
```
To uninstall, use:
```
Invoke-Build Remove-Module
```

MacOS

An easy way to install the required components is to use brew:

Install dotnet:
```
brew install dotnet
```

Install InvokeBuild Module

Install-Module InvokeBuild -Scope CurrentUser

Test

To run the unit tests, run the following command from the root of the repository (this will build Pode and, if needed, auto-install Pester/.NET):
```
Invoke-Build Test
```
Build

To just build Pode, before running any examples, run the following:
```
Invoke-Build Build
```
Packaging

To create a Pode package. Please note that docker has to be present to create the containers.
```
Invoke-Build Pack
```
Install locally

To install Pode from the repository, run the following:
```
Invoke-Build Install-Module
```
To uninstall, use:
```
Invoke-Build Remove-Module
```