v6.0.0-alpha.8 release of PowerShell

With 304 non-merge commits since v6.0.0-alpha.7, here are the major changes:

• PowerSell packages pre-compiled with CrossGen
• Get-Help content added
• Get-Help null reference exception fixed
• Ubuntu 16.04 support added
• Unsupported cmdlets removed from Unix modules
• PSReadLine long prompt bug fixed
• PSReadLine custom key binding bug on Linux fixed
• Default terminal colors now respected
• Semantic Version support added
• $env: fixed for case-sensitive variables
• Added JSON config files to hold some settings
• cd with no arguments now behaves as cd ~
• ConvertFrom-Json fixed for multiple lines
• Windows branding removed
• .NET CoreCLR Runtime patched to version 1.0.4
• Write-Host with unknown hostname bug fixed
• powershell man-page added to package
• Get-PSDrive ported to report free space
• Desired State Configuration MOF compilation ported to Linux
• Windows 2012 R2 / Windows 8.1 remoting enabled

v6.0.0-alpha.7 release of PowerShell

With 294 non-merge commits since v0.6.0, here are the major changes:

• Invoke-WebRequest and Invoke-RestMethod ported to PowerShell Core
• Set PSReadLine default edit mode to Emacs on Linux
• IsCore variable renamed to IsCoreCLR
• LocalAccounts and other Windows-only assemblies excluded on Linux
• PowerShellGet fully ported to Linux
• PackageManagement NuGet provider ported
• Write-Progress ported to Linux
• Get-Process -IncludeUserName ported
• Enumerating symlinks to folders fixed
• Bugs around administrator permissions fixed on Linux
• ConvertFrom-Json multi-line bug fixed
• Execution policies fixed on Windows
• TimeZone cmdlets added back; excluded from Linux
• FileCatalog cmdlets add back for Windows
• Get-ComputerInfo cmdlet added back for Windows

Please note that this build corresponds to v0.7.0, with the version updated to reflect the upcoming PowerShell 6.0 release.

v0.6.0 beta release of Open PowerShell

With 274 non-merge commits since v0.5.0, here are the major changes:

• Targets .NET Core 1.0 release
• PowerShellGet enabled
• [system.manage] completion issues fixed
• AssemblyLoadContext intercepts dependencies correctly
• Type catalog issues fixed
• Invoke-Item enabled for Linux and OS X
• Windows ConsoleHost reverted to native interfaces
• Portable ConsoleHost redirection issues fixed
• Bugs with pseudo (and no) TTYs fixed
• Source Depot synced to baseline changeset 717473
• SecureString stub replaced with .NET Core package

Corresponding AppVeyor build

v0.5.0 beta release of Open PowerShell

With 255 non-merge commits since v0.4.0, here are the major changes:

• Paths given to cmdlets are now slash-agnostic (both / and \ work as directory separator)
• Lack of cmdlet support for paths with literal \ is a known issue
• .NET Core packages downgraded to build rc2-24027 (Nano's build)
• XDG Base Directory Specification is now respected and used by default
• Linux and OS X profile path is now ~/.config/powershell/profile.ps1
• Linux and OS X history save path is now ~/.local/share/powershell/PSReadLine/ConsoleHost_history.txt
• Linux and OS X user module path is now ~/.local/share/powershell/Modules
• The ~/.powershell folder is deprecated and should be deleted
• Scripts can be called within PowerShell without the .ps1 extension
• Trace-Command and associated source cmdlets are now available
• Ctrl-C now breaks running cmdlets correctly
• Source Depot changesets up to 715912 have been merged
• Set-PSBreakPoint debugging works on Linux, but not on Windows
• MSI and APPX packages for Windows are now available
• Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts is available on Windows
• Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive is available on Windows
• Linux xUnit tests are running again
• Many more Pester tests are running

v0.4.0 beta release of Open PowerShell

With 255 non-merge commits since v0.3.0, here are the major changes:

• PSReadLine is ported and included by default
• Original Windows ConsoleHost is ported and replaced CoreConsoleHost
• .NET Core packages set to the RC2 release at build 24103
• OS X 10.11 added to Continuous Integration matrix
• Third-party C# cmdlets can be built with .NET CLI
• Improved symlink support on Linux
• Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.Native replaced with package
• Many more Pester tests
• Source Depot changesets up to 700586 merged

v0.3.0 alpha release of Open PowerShell

Supports Windows, Nano, OS X, Ubuntu 14.04, and CentOS 7.1.

See the Linux installation documentation. Please note that the installation directory has changed from the prior releases.

The Windows version is not an installer, it's simply a folder with a powershell.exe executable.

With 304 non-merge, non-imported commits since v0.2.0, here are the
major changes:

• .NET Core packages are build rc3-24011
• Native Linux commands are not shadowed by aliases
• Get-Help -Online works
• more function respects the Linux $PAGER; defaults to less
• IsWindows, IsLinux, IsOSX, IsCore built-in PowerShell variables added
• Microsoft.PowerShell.Platform removed for the above
• Cross-platform core host is now CoreConsoleHost
• Host now catches exceptions in --command scripts
• Host's shell ID changed to Microsoft.PowerShellCore
• Modules that use C# assemblies can be loaded
• New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink supports arbitrary targets
• Readline implementation supports multi-line input
• Ctrl-R provides incremental reverse history search
• $Host.UI.RawUI now supported
• Ctrl-K and Ctrl-Y for kill and yank implemented
• Ctrl-L to clear screen now works
• Documentation was completely overhauled
• Many more Pester and xUnit tests added

v0.2.0 alpha release of Open PowerShell

Supports Windows, OS X, Ubuntu 14.04, and CentOS 7.1.

Installation Instructions

Once the package is installed, powershell will be in your path, ready to be launched from a terminal. It will read ~/.powershell/profile.ps1 for your user profile, and /usr/local/share/powershell/PSL_profile.ps1 for the system profile. Similarly, it will search ~/.powershell/Modules and /usr/local/share/powershell/Modules for user and system modules.

Ubuntu

Using a stock Ubuntu 14.04 image, download the powershell_0.2.0-1_amd64.deb file, and then execute the following:

sudo apt-get install libunwind8 libicu52
sudo dpkg -i powershell_0.2.0-1_amd64.deb

CentOS

Using a stock CentOS 7.1 image, download the powershell-0.2.0-1.x86_64.rpm file, and then execute the following:

sudo yum install powershell-0.2.0-1.x86_64.rpm

OS X

Using an OS X 10.11 machine, download the powershell-0.2.0.pkg file, double-click it, and follow the prompts.

Major changes since v0.1.0:

• .NET Core packages are build 23907
• System.Console readline is fully functional
• Tests pass on OS X permissions issue with Get-Process | Format-Table * test
• Microsoft.PowerShell.Platform module is available
• New-Item supports symbolic and hard links
• Add-Type now works
• PowerShell code merged with upstream rs1_srv_ps

Initial alpha release of Open PowerShell

Supports Windows, OS X, and Ubuntu 14.04. The Linux package includes a patched copy of CoreCLR to address a bug that's not quite made it to NuGet packages.

On OS X, install by double-clicking the .pkg file and following the prompts.

On Ubuntu, install the dependencies with sudo apt-get install libunwind8 libicu52, then install the .deb file with sudo dpkg -i powershell_0.1.0-1_amd64.deb.

A symlink to the powershell executable will be placed in /usr/local/bin, while PowerShell and its runtime will be placed in /usr/local/share/powershell.

PowerShell will load modules in /usr/local/share/powershell/Modules, and will source /usr/local/share/powershell/PSL_profile.ps1. A user profile placed at ~/.powershell/profile.ps1 will also be sourced.

Windows packages are not yet supported.

These packages do not install OMI, so remoting is not supported.