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Support for Ubuntu 26.04 #27388
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Steps to reproduce
Try to install pwsh on ubuntu 26.04 using the official docs
#!/bin/bash
###################################
# Prerequisites
# Update the list of packages
sudo apt-get update
# Install pre-requisite packages.
sudo apt-get install -y wget apt-transport-https software-properties-common
# Get the version of Ubuntu
source /etc/os-release
# Download the Microsoft repository keys
wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/$VERSION_ID/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
# Register the Microsoft repository keys
sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
# Delete the Microsoft repository 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
pwshExpected behavior
Pwsh is installedActual behavior
E: Unable to locate package powershellError details
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute-updates InRelease
Hit:4 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu resolute InRelease
Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute-backports InRelease
Hit:6 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/26.04/prod resolute InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
wget is already the newest version (1.25.0-2ubuntu4).
apt-transport-https is already the newest version (3.2.0).
software-properties-common is already the newest version (0.120).
Solving dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-7.0.0-14 linux-headers-7.0.0-14-generic linux-image-unsigned-7.0.0-14-generic linux-main-modules-zfs-7.0.0-14-generic linux-modules-7.0.0-14-generic linux-tools-7.0.0-14 linux-tools-7.0.0-14-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
(Reading database… 140251 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack packages-microsoft-prod.deb…
Unpacking packages-microsoft-prod (1.2-ubuntu26.04) over (1.2-ubuntu26.04)…
Setting up packages-microsoft-prod (1.2-ubuntu26.04)…
File /usr/share/keyrings/microsoft-prod.gpg is missing. Installing...
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute-security InRelease
Hit:2 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/26.04/prod resolute InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute-updates InRelease
Hit:5 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu resolute InRelease
Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package powershell
Command 'pwsh' not found, did you mean:
command 'wsh' from deb wcc (0.0.7+dfsg-2build2)
command 'posh' from deb posh (0.14.3)
command 'pdsh' from deb pdsh (2.35-3)
command 'ppsh' from deb ppsh (1.10-5)
Try: sudo apt install <deb name>Environment data
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 26.04 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="26.04"
VERSION="26.04 (Resolute Raccoon)"
VERSION_CODENAME=resolute
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
UBUNTU_CODENAME=resolute
LOGO=ubuntu-logoVisuals
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Pinned by kilasuit
theJasonHelmick@theJasonHelmick is this currently planned?
Thanks rhubarb-geek-nz - Ubuntu 26.04 support is on our radar — we're currently working through Debian 13, RHEL 10, and Debian 12 arm64. We're actively looking at Ubuntu 26.04 and will update this issue once we have more to share.
In the meantime, the 24.04 package workaround confirmed by pefoo (@pefoo) works as a temporary path.
Activity
237dmitry commentedon May 2, 2026
If I was using Ubuntu, I would install powershell using snapd. Or manually from tar.gz
https://snapcraft.io/powershell
SirWobbyTheFirst commentedon May 2, 2026
Not appropriate, PowerShell on Snap is locked down with a read-only file system and you cannot use the PSWSMan module to enable WSMan support for interacting with Windows machines.
SirWobbyTheFirst commentedon May 2, 2026
pefoo (@pefoo) - Have you tried it when pulling down the 24.04 package for now?
237dmitry commentedon May 2, 2026
Snap is Ubuntu way, half of packages are snaps. Otherwise, it's difficult to explain why there's a package for Debian but not for Ubuntu.
pefoo commentedon May 3, 2026
tested with the current LTS (7.6.1): Works
I would consider this a temporary workaround. I would rather wait a bit longer and have full distribution support as this is not needed for a workstation but actual infrastructure :)
kilasuit commentedon May 3, 2026
Jason Helmick (@theJasonHelmick) is this currently planned?
SirWobbyTheFirst commentedon May 3, 2026
That's good, its at least better than 24.04 where PowerShell couldn't even be installed from the repo because of a missing "dependency" that had to be worked around despite not being needed. I'll probably take a gander at using the 24.04 repo for PowerShell for my lab images for now and then fix it up once the proper release happens.
rhubarb-geek-nz commentedon May 3, 2026
Snap packages can't maintain the /etc/shells file, unpacking tar files was fine for last century.
My personal preference is to use a thin PowerShell package which does not contain the dotnet runtime, Ubuntu already provides the dotnet SDK and runtime so can simply reuse that.
This also avoids the endless ICU dependencies race by letting the dotnet SDK do that dependency. It also means that updates and fixes to the dotnet SDK don't require a re-release of PowerShell.
237dmitry commentedon May 4, 2026
I've never run pwsh as a login shell, what's the point if
/bin/shis called when logging in?At the same time, this is the most flexible installation method. Well, if you don't take into account checking for updates.
rhubarb-geek-nz commentedon May 4, 2026
... and patching. The program still doesn't have the executable rights!
237dmitry commentedon May 4, 2026
I do not understand why. Although I don't consider this a serious problem.
pefoo commentedon May 4, 2026
Can we stop discussing deployment methods for home labs please? This is a distribution request. Thank you very much.
rhubarb-geek-nz commentedon May 4, 2026
Can I suggest you open a DSR? These requests have their own template, eg #24076
pefoo commentedon May 4, 2026
Sure. But there is no template available for DSRs when creating new issues
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daxian-dbw commentedon Aug 5, 2026
PowerShell v7.6 is on top of .NET 10, but .NET 10 doesn't support Ubuntu 26.04 (.NET 10.0 - Supported OS versions). So, we cannot publish PowerShell to the 26.04 MS repository.
The PR #27765 has been merged with changes to support 26.04 for PowerShell v7.7.0 preview packages. The v7.7.0-preview.4 PowerShell will have package pushed to the 26.04 repository.
martincostello commentedon Aug 5, 2026
I don't think that's true - I think that's a mistake/omission in that page.
10.0-resolutetag for the .NET SDK container image/cc Rich Lander (@richlander)
kilasuit commentedon Aug 5, 2026
Dongbo Wang (@daxian-dbw) this page shows that .NET10 is supported on Ubuntu 26.04
So I can't see any reason why 7.6.x could be published for Ubuntu 26.04 too
rhubarb-geek-nz commentedon Aug 5, 2026
The dotnet that is part of the Ubuntu feed is built by Ubuntu and installs in /usr/lib/dotnet rather than the standard debian style /usr/share/dotnet.
Will the PowerShell for Ubuntu be built containing its own copy of a different build of dotnet or will it be built to not include the dotnet runtime and use the existing Ubuntu provided dotnet? PowerShell could then just have a dependency on dotnet-runtime-10.0 and not on the endless list of libicu versions as that dependency would be handled by the Ubuntu provided dotnet.
I recommend that PowerShell for Ubuntu
The libicu dependencies have been a continual pain point for Ubuntu PowerShell users, this is an opportunity to make it Ubuntu's problem.
PowerShell for Mariner-CBL already takes this approach so there is precedence. I also showed the proof-of-concept in rhubarb-geek-nz/powershell-ubuntu.
revpixel commentedon Aug 5, 2026
to be fair, nobody's wrong here, and we've even talked about the fact that you can run 7.6.4 on 26.04
I even have a working container you can run live from the dev branch in my public repo
As in my case, like many others, I just installed 7.6.4 from the 24.04 Ubuntu Debian location, which you can see in my Docker build file
https://github.com/revpixel/lily-pwsh
docker run -it ghcr.io/revpixel/lily-pwsh:latest
microsoft-github-policy-service commentedon Sep 25, 2026
This issue has been marked as fixed and has not had any activity for 1 day. It has been closed for housekeeping purposes.
Jaykul commentedon Oct 3, 2026
I'm confused how this is closed, when the problem still exists.
PowerShell is not in the 26.04 feed, and it should be.
Following the documentation doesn't work.
microsoft-github-policy-service commentedon Oct 5, 2026
This issue has been marked as fixed and has not had any activity for 1 day. It has been closed for housekeeping purposes.
J0F3 commentedon Oct 8, 2026
The documentation now states that Ubuntu 26.04 is supported: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/linux-overview?view=view=powershell-7.6#ubuntu
However, only PowerShell 7.7 Preview is currently available for Ubuntu 26.04 on packages.microsoft.com.
This currently prevents us from updating our Docker image to Ubuntu 26.04, which is very annoying. PowerShell is essentially the only package that is still unavailable for Ubuntu 26.04.
When can we expect an LTS PowerShell package for Ubuntu 26.04 on packages.microsoft.com?
Thx!