Performing or testing cross-compatibility tools on Amazon Linux 2 can be sort of a challenging task. PowerShell packages are not taking part of the Amazon Linux 2 packages, so that’s why we will have to use a script. Let’s install PowerShell on Amazon Linux 2.
Prerequisites
- Amazon Linux 2
- sudo privileges
Install PowerShell on Amazon Linux 2
Step 1. Install dependencies.
yum install curl libunwind libicu libcurl openssl libuuid.x86_64 wget tar gzip
Step 2. Get the script.
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/master/docker/InstallTarballPackage.sh
Step 3. Add execute permissions.
chmod +x InstallTarballPackage.sh
Step 4. Install PowerShell.
sudo ./InstallTarballPackage.sh 7.2.7 powershell-7.2.7-linux-x64.tar.gz
Step 5. Verify the installation.
pwsh
Conclusion
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