All packages are available on our GitHub releases page. Before installing, check the list of
Supported versions below. After the package is installed, run pwsh from a terminal. Run
pwsh-lts if you installed a preview release.
Note
PowerShell 7.4 is an in-place upgrade that removes previous versions of PowerShell 7. Preview
versions of PowerShell can be installed side-by-side with other versions of PowerShell. If you
need to run PowerShell 7.4 side-by-side with a previous version, reinstall the previous version
using the binary archive method.
Debian uses APT (Advanced Package Tool) as a package manager.
Note
The installation commands in this article are for the latest stable release of PowerShell. To
install a different version of PowerShell, adjust the command to match the version you need. The
following links direct you to the release page for each version in the PowerShell repository on
GitHub.
Download links for every package are found in the Assets section of the Release page. The
Assets section may be collapsed, so you may need to click to expand it.
Installation on Debian 11 or 12 via the Package Repository
Microsoft builds and supports a variety of software products for Linux systems and makes them
available via Linux packaging clients (apt, dnf, yum, etc). These Linux software packages are hosted
on the Linux package repository for Microsoft products, https://packages.microsoft.com, also
known as PMC.
Installing PowerShell from PMC is the preferred method of installation.
Note
This script only works for supported versions of Debian.
sh
#################################### Prerequisites# Update the list of packages
sudo apt-get update
# Install pre-requisite packages.
sudo apt-get install -y wget
# Get the version of Debiansource /etc/os-release
# Download the Microsoft repository GPG keys
wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/config/debian/$VERSION_ID/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
# Register the Microsoft repository GPG keys
sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
# Delete the Microsoft repository GPG keys file
rm packages-microsoft-prod.deb
# Update the list of packages after we added packages.microsoft.com
sudo apt-get update
#################################### Install PowerShell
sudo apt-get install -y powershell
# Start PowerShell
pwsh
Installation via direct download
PowerShell 7.2 introduced a universal package that makes installation easier. Download the universal
package from the releases page onto your Debian machine.
The link to the current version is:
PowerShell 7.4 (LTS) universal package for supported versions of Debian
The following shell script downloads and installs the current release of PowerShell. You can
change the URL to download the version of PowerShell that you want to install.
sh
#################################### Prerequisites# Update the list of packages
sudo apt-get update
# Install pre-requisite packages.
sudo apt-get install -y wget
# Download the PowerShell package file
wget https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.5.0/powershell_7.5.0-1.deb_amd64.deb
#################################### Install the PowerShell package
sudo dpkg -i powershell_7.5.0-1.deb_amd64.deb
# Resolve missing dependencies and finish the install (if necessary)
sudo apt-get install -f
# Delete the downloaded package file
rm powershell_7.5.0-1.deb_amd64.deb
# Start PowerShell
pwsh
Uninstall PowerShell
sh
sudo apt-get remove powershell
PowerShell paths
$PSHOME is /opt/microsoft/powershell/7/
The profiles scripts are stored in the following locations:
Docker images containing PowerShell 7.4 and PowerShell 7.5-preview for x64 are available from the
Microsoft Artifact Registry for the following versions of Debian:
Debian 12 (Bookworm) - OS support ends on 2026-06-10
Important
The Docker images are built from official operating system (OS) images provide by the OS
distributor. These images may not have the latest security updates. Microsoft recommends that you
update the OS packages to the latest version to ensure the latest security updates are applied.
Installation support
Microsoft supports the installation methods in this document. There may be other methods of
installation available from other third-party sources. While those tools and methods may work,
Microsoft can't support those methods.
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