Can I install and Use PowerShell on my macOS?. PowerShell is a cross-platform task automation and configuration management framework, consisting of a command-line shell and scripting language. Unlike most shells, which accept and return text, PowerShell is built on top of the . NET Common Language Runtime (CLR), and accepts and returns.
For the installation of PowerShell 7.0 or higher, macOS 10.13 and higher is required. PowerShell packages for macOS, Windows and Linux packages are available on the GitHub releases page. There are several ways you can reference to install PowerShell on macOS. You can check out the link on how to Install Older Versions of macOS if you need older release of macOS.
We’ll be using the Homebrew installation method. Homebrew is the preferred package manager for macOS and can easily be installed using the following command in your terminal.
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"When Homebrew has been installed you can then use the brew command to install PowerShell on macOS.
brew install --cask powershellThe installation should not take long to completetion.
==> Downloading https://formulae.brew.sh/api/cask.jws.json
==> Caveats
To use Homebrew in PowerShell, run the following in a PowerShell session:
New-Item -Path (Split-Path -Parent -Path $PROFILE.CurrentUserAllHosts) -ItemType Directory -Force
Add-Content -Path $PROFILE.CurrentUserAllHosts -Value '$(/usr/local/bin/brew shellenv) | Invoke-Expression'
==> Downloading https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.5.0/powershell-7.5.0-osx-x64.pkg
==> Downloading from https://objects.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset-2e65be/49609581/ea8c865c-4bc6-4fdf-9243-fb75c5e02762?X-
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==> Installing Cask powershell
==> Running installer for powershell with sudo; the password may be necessary.
Password:
installer: Package name is PowerShell - 7.5.0
installer: Installing at base path /
installer: The install was successful.
🍺 powershell was successfully installed!You can perform updates at any point in time by using these commands:
brew update
brew upgrade powershell --caskVerify the installation was successful by running the command below.
$ pwsh
PowerShell 7.5.0
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
https://aka.ms/powershell
Type 'help' to get help.
PS /Users/gedeon>Output version details:
PS /Users/gedeon> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 7.5.0
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.5.0
OS Darwin 24.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.3.0: Thu Jan 2 20:22:00 PST 2025; root:xnu-11215.81.4~3/RELEASE_X86_64
Platform Unix
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0Important installation Paths:
$PSHOMEis/usr/local/microsoft/powershell/7.1.0/- User profiles will be read from
~/.config/powershell/profile.ps1 - Default profiles will be read from
$PSHOME/profile.ps1 - User modules will be read from
~/.local/share/powershell/Modules - Shared modules will be read from
/usr/local/share/powershell/Modules - Default modules will be read from
$PSHOME/Modules - PSReadline history will be recorded to
~/.local/share/powershell/PSReadLine/ConsoleHost_history.txt
How To Uninstall PowerShell on macOS
If you installed PowerShell with Homebrew, use the following command to uninstall:
$ brew --cask uninstall powershell
==> Uninstalling Cask powershell
==> Uninstalling packages with sudo; the password may be necessary:
com.microsoft.powershell
Password:
==> Purging files for version 7.5.0 of Cask powershell
==> Autoremoving 3 unneeded formulae:
libtermkey
libvterm
msgpack
Uninstalling /usr/local/Cellar/libtermkey/0.22... (33 files, 141.5KB)
Uninstalling /usr/local/Cellar/msgpack/6.0.0... (38 files, 202.4KB)
Uninstalling /usr/local/Cellar/libvterm/0.3.2... (12 files, 321.9KB)For the actual PowerShell usage guides the official documentation should be your next place.
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