install-powershell.sh

Features of install-powershell.sh

• Can be called directly from git
• Optionally installs vs code and vs powershell extension (aka PowerShell IDE) using optional -includeide switch
• Defaults to completely automated operation (if appropriate permissions are available)
• Automatically looks up latest version via git tags
• Automatic selection of appropriate install sub-script
• Configures software installs for repositories when repositories are in place, otherwise pulls files from git releases. As repository versions are made available, script will be updated to take advantage.
• User permission checking
• Sub-installers called from local file system if they exist, otherwise pulled from git
• Sub-installers can be called directly if auto-selection is not needed

Minimum Requirements for install-powershell.sh

• bash shell
• sed
• native package manager available
• curl (auto-installed if missing)
• tr

Parameters

• -includeide - installs VSCode and VSCode PowerShell extension (only relevant to machines with a desktop environment)
• -interactivetesting - do a quick launch test of VSCode (only relevant when used with -includeide)
• -skip-sudo-check - use sudo without verifying its availability (hard to accurately do on some distros)
• -preview - installs the latest preview release of PowerShell core side-by-side with any existing production releases

Usage

Direct from Github

bash <(wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/master/tools/install-powershell.sh) <ARGUMENTS>

wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/master/tools/install-powershell.sh | bash -s <ARGUMENTS>

Local Copy

bash install-powershell.sh <ARGUMENTS>

Examples

Only Install PowerShell Core

bash <(wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/master/tools/install-powershell.sh)

Install PowerShell Core with IDE

bash <(wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/master/tools/install-powershell.sh) -includeide

Install PowerShell Core with IDE and do tests that require a human to interact with the installation process

bash <(wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/master/tools/install-powershell.sh) -includeide -interactivetesting

Installation To do list

• Detect and wait when package manager is busy/locked? - at least Ubuntu (CentOS does this internally)