PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft. PowerShell has now become open source. Thus, PowerShell is now available for other operating systems such as OS X and Linux. The software is available as Microsoft packages 64-bit versions of Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, CentOS 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, and Mac OS X 10.11.
PowerShell Release Page on GitHub contains all the packages. Here are the ones you might need.
- Ubuntu 16.04: Download the package ending in “16.04.1_amd64.deb”.
- Ubuntu 14.04: Download the package ending in “14.04.1_amd64.deb”.
- CentOS 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: Download the package ending in “el7.centos.x86_64.rpm”.
- Mac: Download the package ending in “.pkg”.
Steps to Install PowerShell on a Mac OS
- First of all, download the .pkg file from the PowerShell release page in GitHub.
- Next, double tap on the downloaded .pkg file.
- The package installer will be launched. Then install PowerShell just like a normal application.
- Since the application is not signed, you will have to bypass the gatekeeper in order to install it.
- Right-click on the file .pkg, select “Open”. Next, agree to run the installer.
- You are done. Now open Terminal. Type powershell and hit Enter to run the command. You can now access the PowerShell shell environment. That’s all!
