vbapm Installer

February 23, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

Install Latest Version

Windows

In powershell, run the following:

iwr https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vbapm/installer/refs/heads/main/install.ps1 | iex

Mac

In terminal, run the following:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vbapm/installer/refs/heads/main/install.sh | sh

For more recent versions of Office for Mac, you will need to trust access to the VBA project object model for vbapm to work correctly:

Trust access to the VBA project object model
  1. Open Excel
  2. Click "Excel" in the menu bar
  3. Select "Preferences" in the menu
  4. Click "Security" in the Preferences dialog
  5. Check "Trust access to the VBA project object model" in the Security dialog

Install Specific Version

Windows

iwr https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vbapm/installer/refs/heads/main/install.ps1 -out install.ps1; .\install.ps1 v0.2.0

Mac

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vbapm/installer/refs/heads/main/install.sh | sh -s v0.2.0

Notes

The installer scripts use the GitHub REST API to discover the latest release download URL. This avoids relying on scraping the GitHub releases HTML page, which requires JavaScript to render asset links.

Known Issues

Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel 
PS C:\> iwr https://vba-blocks.com/install.ps1 | iex
iwr : The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel.
At line:1 char:1
+ iwr https://vba-blocks.com/install.ps1 | iex
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-WebRequest], WebException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand

When does this issue occur?

If your systems' ServicePointManager is configured to use an out-dated security protocol, such as, TLS 1.0.

How can this issue be fixed?

Configure your system to use an up-to-date security protocol, such as, TLS 1.2:

[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
Running scripts is disabled 
PS C:\> iwr https://vba-blocks.com/install.ps1 -out install.ps1; .\install.ps1 v0.2.10
.\install.ps1 : File C:\install.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system. For more information, see about_Execution_Policies at https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170.
At line:1 char:63
+ ... ://vba-blocks.com/install.ps1 -out install.ps1; .\install.ps1 v0.2.10
+                                                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : SecurityError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess

When does this issue occur?

If your systems' ExecutionPolicy is Undefined or Restricted.

How can this issue be fixed?

Allow scripts that are downloaded from the internet to be executed by setting the execution policy to RemoteSigned:

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser -Force

Based on the great work on deno_install