PowerShell Core v6.0 released for Windows, macOS and Linux

[Arthur]

Blog / Download / Instructions: Windows, macOS, Linux

 

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/2018/01/10/powershell-core-6-0-generally-available-ga-and-supported

 

PowerShell Core 6.0 is a new edition of PowerShell that is cross-platform (Windows, macOS, and Linux), open-source, and built for heterogeneous environments and the hybrid cloud.

 

First and foremost, thank you to all of our amazing community, especially our open-source contributors (the most recent of which you can find on our community dashboard at https://aka.ms/PSGitHubBI) for donating your time and energy to PowerShell Core. Whether you contributed code, tests, documentation, issues, or even just your feedback and opinions, we are extremely grateful for the sweat and tears that you’ve invested in PowerShell. (For those interested in contributing, hop and over to our Contribution Guide on GitHub. You don’t have to be a guru to help out!)

 

What’s the difference between Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core?

There are now two editions of PowerShell:

 

Windows PowerShell is the edition of PowerShell built on top of .NET Framework (sometimes referred to as “FullCLR”):

 

• This is the PowerShell that has been in widespread use for the last ~10 years.
  
• Because of it’s dependency on the .NET Framework, Windows PowerShell is only available on Windows (hence the name).
  
• The released versions of Windows PowerShell include 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, and 5.1.
  
• Windows PowerShell is available as a built-in component in Windows client and Windows Server.
  
• Windows PowerShell is launched as powershell.exe.
  
• On Windows PowerShell 5.0/5.1, $PSVersionTable.PSEdition is set to Desktop.
  
• Any usage of .NET-based functionality (e.g. C# cmdlets, Add-Type, and the invocation of static .NET Methods), relies on the .NET Framework runtime. This means Windows PowerShell’s .NET usage is limited to the functionality exposed by the .NET Framework and .NET Standard.
  
• Continues to be supported via critical bug fixes in the newest releases of Windows and Windows Server
  

PowerShell Core is the edition of PowerShell built on top of .NET Core (sometimes simplified to “CoreCLR”).

 

• PowerShell Core is cross-platform, available on Windows, macOS, and Linux, thanks to the cross-platform nature of .NET Core.
  
• PowerShell Core is launched as pwsh.exe on Windows and pwsh on macOS and Linux
  
• On PowerShell Core, $PSVersionTable.PSEdition is set to Core.
  
• Note: while PowerShell Core 6.0 is cross-platform, there is also a PowerShell Core 5.0/5.1 released exclusively as part of Microsoft Nano Server.
  
• Any usage of .NET-based functionality (e.g. C# cmdlets, Add-Type, and the invocation of static .NET Methods), relies on the .NET Core runtime. This means PowerShell Core is limited to the functionality exposed by .NET Core and .NET Standard.
  

What platforms are supported?

PowerShell Core is officially supported on the following platforms:

 

• Windows 7, 8.1, and 10
  
• Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012 R2, 2016
  
• Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel
  
• Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, and 17.04
  
• Debian 8.7+, and 9
  
• CentOS 7
  
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  
• OpenSUSE 42.2
  
• Fedora 25, 26
  
• macOS 10.12+
  

Our community has also contributed packages for the following platforms, but they are not officially supported:

 

• Arch Linux
  
• Kali Linux
  
• AppImage (works on multiple Linux platforms)
  

We also have experimental (unsupported) releases for the following platforms:

 

• Windows on ARM32/ARM64
  
• Raspbian (Stretch)
  

Does PowerShell Core affect my Windows PowerShell installation?

Nope! PowerShell Core is completely side-by-side with Windows PowerShell. In fact, an awesome feature of PowerShell Core is that you can test new versions without affecting existing workloads. Whether it’s installed via an MSI or installed portably from the ZIP package, your Windows PowerShell installation is not affected by PowerShell Core.

[mjk]

The instructions don't seem to work:

 

[color=#707070][font=segoe-ui_normal]Copy[/font][/color]
[color=green]# Register the Microsoft RedHat repository[/color]
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7/prod.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/microsoft.repo

[color=green]# Install PowerShell[/color]
sudo yum install -y powershell

[color=green]# Start PowerShell[/color]
pwsh

No Presto metadata available for packages-microsoft-com-prodpowershell-6.0.0_rc.2-1.rhel.7 FAILED                                          https://packages.microsoft.com/rhel/7/prod/powershell-6.0.0_rc.2-1.rhel.7.x86_64.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTPS Error 404 - Not Found

 

I don't think microsoft have got to grips with package management yet.

[Arthur]

PowerShell Core 6.1 released. Click here to see what's new.

 

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/2018/09/13/announcing-powershell-core-6-1

 

We’re proud to announce that the latest version of PowerShell has been released! This marks our second supported release of PowerShell Core, the open-source edition of PowerShell that works on Linux, macOS, and Windows!

 

By far, the biggest feature of this release is compatibility of built-in Windows modules with PowerShell Core. This means that you can natively run those modules/cmdlets with PowerShell Core and easily transition from Windows PowerShell.