PowerShell w Ubuntu 20.04 Installation

The guide describes how to install PowerShell on Ubuntu 20.04
The whole installation is very easy, let's get started.

Installing PowerShell using the SNAP Store

We make SNAP installations:

apt-get install snap snapd -y

1	apt-get install snap snapd -y

Installing PowerShell

snap install powershell --classic

1	snap install powershell --classic

We run PowerShell with a command

pwsh

pwsh

Below is an example of the result of this command :

PowerShell 7.1.2
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.

https://aka.ms/powershell
Type 'help' to get help.

PS /root>

PowerShell 7.1.2

https://aka.ms/powershell

Type 'help' to get help.

PS /root>

we can exit by executing the command

exit

exit

Installing PowerShell from the Ubuntu repository

We download the .deb file

wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/$(lsb_release -rs)/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb

1	wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/$(lsb_release -rs)/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb

we install the file

dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb

1	dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb

We are updating packages and installing:

apt-get update -y

1	apt-get update -y

apt-get install powershell -y

1	apt-get install powershell -y

PowerShell is started in the same way as in the case of installation with SNAP, i.e. with a command:

pwsh

pwsh