How to Install Microsoft Powershell on Manjaro Linux

PowerShell is an enhanced and advanced version of the traditional Windows Command Prompt. It is a command interpreter for Windows that allows you to send commands to Windows systems or Microsoft products.

That is to say that thanks to PowerShell, you can remotely have a native shell where you can manage Windows efficiently. But it is not only limited to this, you can also interact with other products such as SQL Server.

Despite Microsoft’s great effort, it is still a little-known tool both for basic users and for many computer operators who do not know all the advantages that the cmdlets of this console can offer.

The main reason to find this product for Linux is that from our system you will be able to manage Microsoft products with their native shell. In other words, it increases the ecosystem of applications for Linux.

Let’s get started.

Install Microsoft PowerShell on Manjaro Linux

There is no dedicated package for Manjaro Linux. But thanks to the community, you can transform other official packages into a native one that will perform the installation.

For this, you have the pikaur helper, which is a helper to install applications that are not present in the Manjaro repositories.

If you already have it installed, then just run the following command

pikaur -S powershell-bin

However, some users prefer not to install helpers so as not to take up unnecessary space or because they know they only need a specific program.

In this case, you have to install it using the pikaur installation formula. First, clone the formula as such

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/powershell-bin.git

After this, access the folder that has been generated

cd powershell-bin

And from there install by executing the following command

makepkg -si

This way it will be installed if there are no errors.

Using PowerShell in Manjaro Linux

Once you install the package, you can run it from a terminal with the command

pwsh

There you will be welcome to start working.

A good idea is to get the commands available for the Linux version. You can do this by running the following command

Get-Command

The list is very long, but you can apply a simple filter

Get-Command -Name *[keyword]

Or:

Get-Command -Name [keyword]*

This way, only packages related to the keyword or search criteria will be searched for.

Conclusion

PowerShell is a proprietary Microsoft application that helps us to better manage their products using a fully integrated shell. This means that professionals using Linux as their main system are not limited to doing their work with Windows servers.

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