In this article, we will have explained the necessary steps to install and configure PowerShell on CentOS 8. Before continuing with this tutorial, make sure you are logged in as a user with sudo privileges. All the commands in this tutorial should be run as a non-root user.
Microsoft PowerShell is a .net-based configuration management and automation tool initially developed by Microsoft for the Windows operating system. These features are not available on the traditional Linux shell. It consists of a cross-platform (Windows, Linux, and macOS) command-line shell and associated scripting language.
Install PowerShell on CentOS
Step 1. The first command will update the package lists to ensure you get the latest version and dependencies.
1 | sudodnfupdate |
Step 3. Install PowerShell on CentOS.
The PowerShell RPM package is not available on your default CentOS repositories. We’ll add official Microsoft repositories using the command:
1 | curlhttps://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7/prod.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/microsoft.repo |
Next, install Microsoft PowerShell classic version you should execute the following command:
1 | sudodnfinstallpowershell |
After the installation, start PowerShell using the command:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | [root@linuxtips.us~]$rpm-qipowershell Name:powershell Version:6.2.4 Release:1.rhel.7 Architecture:x86_64 InstallDate:Fri11Mar202001:49:13PMPKT Group:shells Size:156967268 License:MITLicense Signature:RSA/SHA256,Wed16Dec201908:46:07AMPKT,KeyIDeb3e94adbmw9cf SourceRPM:powershell-6.2.3-1.rhel.7.src.rpm BuildDate:Wed16Dec201903:11:50AMPKT BuildHost:e7bbmw9b4a Relocations:/ Packager:PowerShellTeamPowerShellTeam@hotmail.com Vendor:MicrosoftCorporation URL:https://microsoft.com/powershell Summary:PowerShellisanautomationandconfigurationmanagementplatform. Description: PowerShellisanautomationandconfigurationmanagementplatform. Itconsistsofacross-platformcommand-lineshellandassociatedscriptinglanguage. |
Then, try to run few commands to verify your installation:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 | PS/home/root>pwd Path /home/sabi PS/home/root>mkdir/tmp/test PS/home/root>cd/tmp/test PS/tmp/root>pwd Path /tmp/test PS/tmp/test>get-process|more NPM(K)PM(M)WS(M)CPU(s)IdSIProcessName ------------------------------------- 00.000.040.001213…85(sd-pam) 00.000.040.002540…32(sd-pam) 00.000.960.15974974accounts-daemon 00.000.000.001220acpi_thermal_pm 00.000.410.00854853alsactl 00.000.970.021993…94at-spi-bus-laun 00.000.960.012672…76at-spi-bus-laun 00.000.000.012001…96at-spi2-registr 00.000.440.032680…76at-spi2-registr 00.000.000.004770ata_sff 00.000.410.011087…77atd 00.000.300.06818815auditd 00.000.750.11858850avahi-daemon 00.000.030.00958850avahi-daemon 00.003.570.064186…96bash 00.001.380.032085…45boltd 00.000.290.06878873chronyd 00.000.970.132185…45colord 00.000.000.00190cpuhp/0 00.000.480.201991…91crond 00.000.000.00270crypto 00.000.790.051963…63cupsd 00.003.221.81875855dbus-daemon 00.000.880.201902…02dbus-daemon --More-- |
Congratulation, you have learned how to install and configure PowerShell on CentOS 8. If you have any question, please leave a comment below.
