Installing PowerShell on Linux

Installing PowerShell on Linux

CentOS 7

This package also works on Oracle Linux 7.

Installation via Package Repository (preferred) – CentOS 7

PowerShell Core for Linux is published to official Microsoft repositories for easy installation (and updates).

# Register the Microsoft RedHat repository
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7/prod.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/microsoft.repo

# Install PowerShell
sudo yum install -y powershell

# Start PowerShell
powershell

After registering the Microsoft repository once as superuser, you just need to use sudo yum update powershell to update PowerShell.

Installation via Direct Download – CentOS 7

Using CentOS 7, download the RPM package powershell-6.0.0_beta.1-1.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_beta.1-1.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-beta.1/powershell-6.0.0_beta.1-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm

Uninstallation – CentOS 7

sudo yum remove powershell

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7

Installation via Package Repository (preferred) – Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7

PowerShell Core for Linux is published to official Microsoft repositories for easy installation (and updates).

# Register the Microsoft RedHat repository
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7/prod.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/microsoft.repo

# Install PowerShell
sudo yum install -y powershell

# Start PowerShell
powershell

After registering the Microsoft repository once as superuser, you just need to use sudo yum update powershell to update PowerShell.

Installation via Direct Download – Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7

Download the RPM package powershell-6.0.0_beta.1-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm from the releases page onto the Red Hat Enterprise Linux machine.

Then execute the following in the terminal:

sudo yum install ./powershell-6.0.0_beta.1-1.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-beta.1/powershell-6.0.0_beta.1-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm

Uninstallation – Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7

sudo yum remove powershell

Ubuntu 14.04

Installation via Package Repository – Ubuntu 14.04

PowerShell Core, for Linux, is published to package repositories for easy installation (and updates). This is the preferred method.

# Import the public repository GPG keys
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -

# Register the Microsoft Ubuntu repository
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/14.04/prod.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft.list

# Update apt-get
sudo apt-get update

# Install PowerShell
sudo apt-get install -y powershell

# Start PowerShell
powershell

After registering the Microsoft repository once as superuser, from then on, you just need to use sudo apt-get upgrade powershell to update it.

Installation via Direct Download

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

Then execute the following in the terminal:

sudo dpkg -i powershell_6.0.0-beta.1-1ubuntu1.14.04.1_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

Please note that dpkg -i will fail with unmet dependencies; the next command, apt-get install -f resolves these and then finishes configuring the PowerShell package.

Uninstallation – Ubuntu 14.04

sudo apt-get remove powershell

Ubuntu 16.04

Installation via Package Repository – Ubuntu 16.04

PowerShell Core, for Linux, is published to package repositories for easy installation (and updates). This is the preferred method.

# Import the public repository GPG keys
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -

# Register the Microsoft Ubuntu repository
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/16.04/prod.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft.list

# Update apt-get
sudo apt-get update

# Install PowerShell
sudo apt-get install -y powershell

# Start PowerShell
powershell

After registering the Microsoft repository once as superuser, from then on, you just need to use sudo apt-get upgrade powershell to update it.

Installation via Direct Download – Ubuntu 16.04

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

Then execute the following in the terminal:

sudo dpkg -i powershell_6.0.0-beta.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.1_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

Please note that dpkg -i will fail with unmet dependencies; the next command, apt-get install -f resolves these and then finishes configuring the PowerShell package.

Uninstallation – Ubuntu 16.04

sudo apt-get remove powershell


SOURCE: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/docs/installation/linux.md

Map Book for Experienced Bash users

The table below lists the usage of some basic commands to help you get started on PowerShell faster. Note that all bash commands should continue working on PowerShell session.

Bash PowerShell Description
ls dir, Get-ChildItem List files and folders
tree dir -Recurse List all files and folders
cd cd, Set-Location Change directory
pwd pwd, $pwd, Get-Location Show working directory
clear, Ctrl+L, reset cls, clear Clear screen
mkdir New-Item -ItemType Directory Create a new folder
touch test.txt New-Item -Path test.txt Create a new empty file
cat test1.txt test2.txt Get-Content test1.txt, test2.txt Display files contents
cp ./source.txt ./dest/dest.txt Copy-Item source.txt dest/dest.txt Copy a file
cp -r ./source ./dest Copy-Item ./source ./dest -Recurse Recursively copy from one folder to another
mv ./source.txt ./dest/dest.txt Move-Item ./source.txt ./dest/dest.txt Move a file to other folder
rm test.txt Remove-Item test.txt Delete a file
rm -r <folderName> Remove-Item <folderName> -Recurse Delete a folder
find -name build* Get-ChildItem build* -Recurse Find a file or folder starting with ‘build’
grep -Rin “sometext” –include=”*.cs” Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Filter *.cs
| Select-String -Pattern “sometext”		 Recursively case-insensitive search for text in files

 

 




							


	


				

				

						
					

				

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