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.
sudo dnf update
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:
curl https://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:
sudo dnf install powershell
After the installation, start PowerShell using the command:
[root@linuxtips.us ~]$ rpm -qi powershell Name : powershell Version : 6.2.4 Release : 1.rhel.7 Architecture: x86_64 Install Date: Fri 11 Mar 2020 01:49:13 PM PKT Group : shells Size : 156967268 License : MIT License Signature : RSA/SHA256, Wed 16 Dec 2019 08:46:07 AM PKT, Key ID eb3e94adbmw9cf Source RPM : powershell-6.2.3-1.rhel.7.src.rpm Build Date : Wed 16 Dec 2019 03:11:50 AM PKT Build Host : e7bbmw9b4a Relocations : / Packager : PowerShell Team PowerShellTeam@hotmail.com Vendor : Microsoft Corporation URL : https://microsoft.com/powershell Summary : PowerShell is an automation and configuration management platform. Description : PowerShell is an automation and configuration management platform. It consists of a cross-platform command-line shell and associated scripting language.
Then, try to run few commands to verify your installation:
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) Id SI ProcessName ------ ----- ----- ------ -- -- ----------- 0 0.00 0.04 0.00 1213 …85 (sd-pam) 0 0.00 0.04 0.00 2540 …32 (sd-pam) 0 0.00 0.96 0.15 974 974 accounts-daemon 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 122 0 acpi_thermal_pm 0 0.00 0.41 0.00 854 853 alsactl 0 0.00 0.97 0.02 1993 …94 at-spi-bus-laun 0 0.00 0.96 0.01 2672 …76 at-spi-bus-laun 0 0.00 0.00 0.01 2001 …96 at-spi2-registr 0 0.00 0.44 0.03 2680 …76 at-spi2-registr 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 477 0 ata_sff 0 0.00 0.41 0.01 1087 …77 atd 0 0.00 0.30 0.06 818 815 auditd 0 0.00 0.75 0.11 858 850 avahi-daemon 0 0.00 0.03 0.00 958 850 avahi-daemon 0 0.00 3.57 0.06 4186 …96 bash 0 0.00 1.38 0.03 2085 …45 boltd 0 0.00 0.29 0.06 878 873 chronyd 0 0.00 0.97 0.13 2185 …45 colord 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 19 0 cpuhp/0 0 0.00 0.48 0.20 1991 …91 crond 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 27 0 crypto 0 0.00 0.79 0.05 1963 …63 cupsd 0 0.00 3.22 1.81 875 855 dbus-daemon 0 0.00 0.88 0.20 1902 …02 dbus-daemon --More--
That’s all you need to do to install PowerShell on CentOS 8. I hope you find this quick tip helpful. For further reading on PowerShell, please refer to their official knowledge base. If you have questions or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment below.
