Installing PowerShell 6 on Linux

For Linux installation, there are several ways. As indicated previously, you can download the rpm package, or you can do it using the yum install. Here, I am demonstrating on Red Hat 7 using yum, which is quiet easy. Just make sure your Linux server is connected to the internet; if not, download the rpm package and install it. As highlighted earlier, do not forget to review the instruction set for your platform. Sometimes, there are little deviations from version to version, and some known issues are highlighted. So, instead of scratching your head, a quick scan through the instruction set is a real good help.

PowerShell Core for Linux is published on official Microsoft repositories for easy installation. Perform the following instructions as a root user or your user needs to have sudo rights:

# 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
yum install -y powershell
# Start PowerShell
powershell

After installing, you can use the Linux which command to check the path of the powershell executable.