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# Build PowerShell on Linux
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This guide will walk you through building PowerShell on Linux.
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We'll start by showing how to set up your environment from scratch.
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## Environment
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These instructions are written assuming the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, since that's the distro the team uses.
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The build module works on a best-effort basis for other distributions.
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### Git Setup
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Using Git requires it to be set up correctly;
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refer to the [Working with the PowerShell Repository](../git/README.md),
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[README](../../README.md), and [Contributing Guidelines](../../.github/CONTRIBUTING.md).
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**This guide assumes that you have recursively cloned the PowerShell repository and `cd`ed into it.**
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### Toolchain Setup
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We use the [.NET Command-Line Interface][dotnet-cli] (`dotnet`) to build the managed components,
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and [CMake][] to build the native components.
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Installing the toolchain is as easy as running `Start-PSBootstrap` in PowerShell.
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Of course, this requires a self-hosted copy of PowerShell on Linux.
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Fortunately, this is as easy as [downloading and installing the package](https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell-core-on-linux#binary-archives).
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The `./tools/install-powershell.sh` script will also install the PowerShell package.
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In Bash:
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```sh
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./tools/install-powershell.sh
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pwsh
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```
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You should now be in a PowerShell console host that is installed.
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Just import our module, bootstrap the dependencies, and build!
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In PowerShell:
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```powershell
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Import-Module ./build.psm1
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Start-PSBootstrap
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```
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The `Start-PSBootstrap` function does the following:
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- Adds the LLVM package feed
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- Installs our dependencies combined with the dependencies of the .NET CLI toolchain via `apt-get`
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- Uninstalls any prior versions of .NET CLI
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- Downloads and installs the .NET Core SDK 2.0.0 to `~/.dotnet`
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If you want to use `dotnet` outside of `Start-PSBuild`, add `~/.dotnet` to your `PATH` environment variable.
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[dotnet-cli]: https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/tools/
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[CMake]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v2.8.12/cmake.html
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## Build using our module
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We maintain a [PowerShell module](../../build.psm1) with the function `Start-PSBuild` to build PowerShell.
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Since this is PowerShell code, it requires self-hosting.
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If you have followed the toolchain setup section above, you should have PowerShell Core installed.
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```powershell
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Import-Module ./build.psm1
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Start-PSBuild
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```
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Congratulations! If everything went right, PowerShell is now built.
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The `Start-PSBuild` script will output the location of the executable:
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`./src/powershell-unix/bin/Debug/net5.0/linux-x64/publish/pwsh`.
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You should now be running the PowerShell Core that you just built, if you run the above executable.
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You can run our cross-platform Pester tests with `Start-PSPester`, and our xUnit tests with `Start-PSxUnit`.
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