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KaliszAd e7e82ede96 Added Debian compatibility notice (#2010) 
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is very similar to Debian 9 Strech (now in testing). I can confirm, the instructions work and PS will install successfully.
2016-08-29 19:28:26 -07:00

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Package installation instructions

Supports Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, CentOS 7, and macOS 10.11. All packages are available on our GitHub releases page.

Once the package is installed, run powershell from a terminal.

Ubuntu 14.04

Using Ubuntu 14.04, download the Debian package powershell_6.0.0-alpha.9-1ubuntu1.14.04.1_amd64.deb from the releases page onto the Ubuntu machine.

Then execute the following in the terminal:

sudo apt-get install libunwind8 libicu52
sudo dpkg -i powershell_6.0.0-alpha.9-1ubuntu1.14.04.1_amd64.deb

Ubuntu 16.04

Using Ubuntu 16.04, download the Debian package powershell_6.0.0-alpha.9-1ubuntu1.16.04.1_amd64.deb from the releases page onto the Ubuntu machine.

Then execute the following in the terminal:

Please note the different libicu package dependency!

sudo apt-get install libunwind8 libicu55
sudo dpkg -i powershell_6.0.0-alpha.9-1ubuntu1.16.04.1_amd64.deb

This works for Debian Stretch (now testing) as well.

CentOS 7

Using CentOS 7, download the RPM package powershell-6.0.0_alpha.9-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm from the releases page onto the CentOS machine.

Then execute the following in the terminal:

sudo yum install powershell-6.0.0_alpha.9-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm

You can also install the RPM without the intermediate step of downloading it:

sudo yum install https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v6.0.0-alpha.9/powershell-6.0.0_alpha.9-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm

This package works on Oracle Linux 7. It should work on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 too.

macOS 10.11

Using macOS 10.11, download the PKG package powershell-6.0.0-alpha.9.pkg from the releases page onto the macOS machine.

Either double-click the file and follow the prompts, or install it from the terminal:

sudo installer -pkg powershell-6.0.0-alpha.9.pkg -target /

Paths

  • $PSHOME is /opt/microsoft/powershell/6.0.0-alpha.9/
  • User profiles will be read from ~/.config/powershell/profile.ps1
  • Default profiles will be read from $PSHOME/profile.ps1
  • User modules will be read from ~/.local/share/powershell/Modules
  • Shared modules will be read from /usr/local/share/powershell/Modules
  • Default modules will be read from $PSHOME/Modules
  • PSReadLine history will be recorded to ~/.local/share/powershell/PSReadLine/ConsoleHost_history.txt

The profiles respect PowerShell's per-host configuration, so the default host-specific profiles exists at Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 in the same locations.

On Linux and macOS, the XDG Base Directory Specification is respected.

Note that because macOS is a derivation of BSD, instead of /opt, the prefix used is /usr/local. Thus, $PSHOME is /usr/local/microsoft/powershell/6.0.0-alpha.9/, and the symlink is placed at /usr/local/bin/powershell.