Welcome PowerShell Core 6.0.0 GA

Yes! Today the Microsoft PowerShell Team with the help of the community has made PowerShell CoreGenerally Available” and “Supported“. Feel free to read their blog post at:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/2018/01/10/powershell-core-6-0-generally-available-ga-and-supported/

Get It Now

Of course, there are little housekeeping to do, such as download links still pointing to the older version. But, while they fix the links, you go straight to the “Release” page to individually download the file: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases

Also, on the Linux distribution side, I found out that the auto upgrade stop working. So the following steps will help you install PowerShell Core 6.0.0 in Linux Ubuntu found in the Github “How To Install” link.

Ubuntu Power

Windows 10 WSL

If you have Windows 10 WSL (Ubuntu) install use the same instruction for Ubuntu 16.04:

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# Import the public repository GPG keys
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add –

# Register the Microsoft Ubuntu repository
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/16.04/prod.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft.list

# Update the list of products
sudo apt-get update

# Install PowerShell
sudo apt-get install -y powershell

# Start PowerShell
pwsh

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So, in either Windows or Linux, must important is to remove/uninstall the previous version. Then, install PowerShell Core 6.0.0.

Remember

Please file any PowerShell Core issues (not Windows PowerShell) in Github at: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues

So, in order to properly address any Windows PowerShell issues, has to be reported on UserVoice at: https://windowsserver.uservoice.com/forums/301869-powershell

As stated in the landing page under “Windows PowerShell vs PowerShell Core” section.

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