Installing PowerShell on Mac and Linux

Installing PowerShell on Mac and Linux

If you are on Mac or Linux follow this link and locate the PowerShell package for your operating system.

Download the installation media by clicking on the hyperlink next to your operating system under the 'Downloads (stable)' header of the linked table.

Install the PowerShell application on your target system using the downloaded installation media.

Need more help? Navigate to the 'How to Install' instruction link for your operating system in the linked table.

Once PowerShell is installed PowerShell can be accessed within the terminal application on Mac or Linux system by typing: pwsh

MBP-d3v:~ scottd3v$ pwsh

PowerShell 6.2.4
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

https://aka.ms/pscore6-docs

Type 'help' to get help.

PS /Users/scottd3v>

You will be able to tell you are running PowerShell because the root of your terminal command line will switch to PS as seen below.

Before calling PowerShell using the pwsh command:

MBP-d3v:~ scottd3v$

After

PS /Users/scottd3v>