You need brew installed on your Mac inorder to install powershell. Get brew from https://brew.sh or download it from here https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/releases/tag/4.1.24
On Mac copy the script below and paste in your terminal - it is that simple.
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"Follow instruction on this website - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell-on-macos?view=powershell-7.4
Install using this script: brew install powershell/tap/powershell
Check if it is installed successfully using this command: pwshHere is a full terminal output on my MBA M2:
watsoncyrusanikwai@Watsons-Air ~ % brew install powershell/tap/powershell
Running `brew update --auto-update`...
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/portable-ruby/portable-ruby/blobs/sha256:d783cbeb6e6ef0d71c0b442317b54554370decd6fac66bf2d4938c07a63f67be
######################################################################### 100.0%
==> Pouring portable-ruby-3.1.4.arm64_big_sur.bottle.tar.gz
==> Auto-updated Homebrew!
Updated 3 taps (homebrew/services, homebrew/core and homebrew/cask).
==> New Formulae
action-validator python-dicttoxml
ain python-distlib
ali python-distro
amass python-docopt
ansible@8 python-filelock
apkleaks python-hatch-fancy-pypi-readme
appstream python-hatch-vcs
asitop python-hatchling
authz0 python-idna
awscli-local python-jinja
bao python-jmespath
biodiff python-json5
bkcrack python-kiwisolver
bomber python-magic
bounceback python-mako
certgraph python-markdown-it-py
certsync python-matplotlib
cfripper python-mdurl
chainsaw python-mpmath
cherrybomb python-msgpack
cidr python-networkx
cliam python-oauthlib
dalfox python-openapi3
der-ascii python-pathspec
dicebear python-pbr
dockerfile-language-server python-platformdirs
doppler python-pluggy
faircamp python-ply
flyscrape python-prompt-toolkit
frozen python-regex
gdrive@2 python-requests
geoip2fast python-requests-oauthlib
ghc@9.6 python-rich
goresym python-s3transfer
graphqlviz python-setuptools-scm
instaloader python-sympy
intercept python-termcolor
invoice python-trove-classifiers
kew python-urllib3
libconfini python-wcwidth
libcyaml python-websocket-client
libdpp python-xlsxwriter
libjuice qbittorrent-cli
libsail rapidfuzz-cpp
mariadb@11.1 rdap
mediamtx redwax-tool
memray reflex
minder regclient
noir retry
ocaml@4 richgo
orbuculum ruler
osctrl-cli scarb
oslo scikit-image
patat shell2http
pdfalyzer shellspec
pdfrip signmykey
php@8.2 skate
phylum-cli sloth
presenterm snakeviz
python-abseil solo2-cli
python-anytree spglib
python-asn1crypto spicetify-cli
python-attrs spidermonkey@91
python-boto3 sqlfmt
python-botocore squealer
python-brotli telegram-downloader
python-cachetools terraform-local
python-chardet texttest
python-charset-normalizer tlrc
python-cli-helpers vet
python-colorama virtctl
python-configargparse witness
python-configobj xnvme
python-cycler yatas
python-dateutil
==> New Casks
amie mindmac
bezel mitmproxy
brightintosh navigraph-charts
btp navigraph-simlink
cardo-update notes-better
clibor nx-studio
codewhisperer october
deskpad ok-json
douyin-chat orka3
effect-house ovito
focusrite-control-2 ovito-pro
greenery proton-drive
hapigo rode-central
hides senabluetoothdevicemanager
hoppscotch timemachinestatus
jazz2-resurrection tunetag
keymapp vimcal
libndi wave
macgpt wiso-steuer-2024
mdb-accdb-viewer xliff-editor
mediamate
You have 7 outdated formulae installed.
==> Tapping powershell/tap
Cloning into '/opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/powershell/homebrew-tap'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 2617, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (641/641), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (61/61), done.
remote: Total 2617 (delta 607), reused 604 (delta 580), pack-reused 1976
Receiving objects: 100% (2617/2617), 609.43 KiB | 2.45 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (1821/1821), done.
Tapped 4 formulae (36 files, 731.3KB).
==> Fetching powershell/tap/powershell
==> Downloading https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.4.
==> Downloading from https://objects.githubusercontent.com/github-production-rel
######################################################################### 100.0%
==> Installing powershell from powershell/tap
==> Caveats
The executable should already be on PATH so run with `pwsh`. If not, the full path to the executable is:
/opt/homebrew/opt/powershell/bin/pwsh
Other application files were installed at :
/opt/homebrew/opt/powershell/libexec
If you also have the Cask installed, you need to run the following to make the formula your default install:
brew link --overwrite powershell
If you would like to make PowerShell your default shell, run
sudo sh -c "echo '/opt/homebrew/opt/powershell/bin/pwsh' >> /etc/shells"
chsh -s /opt/homebrew/opt/powershell/bin/pwsh
==> Summary
🍺 /opt/homebrew/Cellar/powershell/7.4.0: 621 files, 187.2MB, built in 6 seconds
==> Running `brew cleanup powershell`...
Disable this behaviour by setting HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP.
Hide these hints with HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS (see `man brew`).
==> `brew cleanup` has not been run in the last 30 days, running now...
Disable this behaviour by setting HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP.
Hide these hints with HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS (see `man brew`).
Removing: /Users/watsoncyrusanikwai/Library/Caches/Homebrew/openssl@3--3.1.4... (7.7MB)
Removing: /Users/watsoncyrusanikwai/Library/Caches/Homebrew/pipenv--2023.10.24... (2.8MB)
Removing: /Users/watsoncyrusanikwai/Library/Caches/Homebrew/python-certifi--2023.7.22_1... (5.4KB)
Removing: /Users/watsoncyrusanikwai/Library/Caches/Homebrew/readline--8.2.1... (574.3KB)
Removing: /Users/watsoncyrusanikwai/Library/Caches/Homebrew/sqlite--3.43.2... (2.1MB)
Removing: /Users/watsoncyrusanikwai/Library/Caches/Homebrew/virtualenv--20.24.6_1... (4MB)
Removing: /Users/watsoncyrusanikwai/Library/Caches/Homebrew/xz--5.4.4... (660.4KB)
Removing: /Users/watsoncyrusanikwai/Library/Logs/Homebrew/pipenv... (64B)
Removing: /Users/watsoncyrusanikwai/Library/Logs/Homebrew/python@3.12... (2 files, 2KB)
Removing: /Users/watsoncyrusanikwai/Library/Logs/Homebrew/openssl@3... (64B)
Removing: /Users/watsoncyrusanikwai/Library/Logs/Homebrew/ca-certificates... (64B)
Pruned 0 symbolic links and 2 directories from /opt/homebrew
watsoncyrusanikwai@Watsons-Air ~ % pwsh
PowerShell 7.4.0