How To Install PowerShell Core on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Introduction:

PowerShell is a scripting language tool built on the .NET Framework. It allows you to perform task automation and configuration management. PowerShell can be accessed easily on Windows but it is not available on Linux systems. In this guide, we will cover the process of Installing PowerShell on our Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Follow the below steps to get started.

Run the given command to add the repository to your Ubuntu 18.04 system.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install wget
wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/18.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb

You will see similar output upon successful installation.

Selecting previously unselected package packages-microsoft-prod.
 (Reading database … 105206 files and directories currently installed.)
 Preparing to unpack packages-microsoft-prod.deb …
 Unpacking packages-microsoft-prod (1.0-ubuntu18.04.1) …
 Setting up packages-microsoft-prod (1.0-ubuntu18.04.1) …

After it update package index list and Install PowerShell by typing

sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install powershell

Testing PowerShell

To test powershell on your Ubuntu 18.04, try the following command

pwsh
PowerShell 6.1.1
https://aka.ms/pscore6-docs
Type 'help' to get help.
PS /home/vagrant>

Test Command Execution by running

PS /home/vagrant> Get-ChildItem / 
 Directory: /
 Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name
 ----                -------------         ------ ----
 1 d-----         10/29/18  11:19 PM                bin
 2 d-----         10/29/18  11:27 PM                boot
 3 d-----         12/18/18   1:25 PM                dev
 4 d-----         12/18/18   1:39 PM                etc
 5 d-----         10/29/18  11:17 PM                home
 6 d-----         10/29/18  11:21 PM                lib
 7 d-----         10/29/18  11:12 PM                lib64
 8 d-----         10/29/18  11:12 PM                lost+found
 9 d-----         10/29/18  11:12 PM                media
 10 d-----          7/24/18   7:51 PM                mnt
 11 d-----         12/18/18   1:39 PM                opt
 12 d-r---         12/18/18   1:25 PM                proc
 13 d-----         12/18/18   1:40 PM                root
 14 d-----         12/18/18   1:40 PM                run
 15 d-----         10/29/18  11:21 PM                sbin
 16 d-----         10/29/18  11:18 PM                snap
 17 d-----          7/24/18   7:51 PM                srv
 18 d-r---         12/18/18   1:25 PM                sys
 19 d-----         12/18/18   1:40 PM                tmp
 20 d-----         12/29/18  11:12 PM                usr
 21 d-----         12/29/18  11:15 PM                var
22 -----l         12/29/18  11:21 PM             33 initrd.img
23 -----l         12/29/18  11:13 PM             33 initrd.img.old
24 -----l         12/29/18  11:21 PM             30 vmlinuz
25 -----l         12/27/19  11:13 PM             30 vmlinuz.old
 PS /home/vagrant> dir
 Directory: /home/vagrant
 Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name
 ----                -------------         ------ ----
 --r---           5/8/18   3:11 PM           2644 packages-microsoft-prod.deb
 PS /home/vagrant>