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Make it possible to install on Linux too #1247

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o-l-a-v opened this issue May 29, 2024 · 0 comments
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Make it possible to install on Linux too #1247

o-l-a-v opened this issue May 29, 2024 · 0 comments

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o-l-a-v commented May 29, 2024

Summary of the new feature / enhancement

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Homebrew can be installed on Linux:

But one can't install PowerShell with it.

bnt@ubnt-vm:~$ brew install powershell/tap/powershell
==> Auto-updating Homebrew...
Adjust how often this is run with HOMEBREW_AUTO_UPDATE_SECS or disable with
HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE. Hide these hints with HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS (see `man brew`).
==> Fetching powershell/tap/powershell
==> Downloading https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.4.2/powershell-7.4.2-osx-x64.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /home/ubnt/.cache/Homebrew/downloads/46b544647fca473e958b7a620d8e6fa047670193287682d7619a680181bc7501--powershell-7.4.2-osx-x64.tar.gz
==> Installing powershell from powershell/tap
Error: The following formula cannot be installed from bottle and must be
built from source.
  powershell
Install Clang or run `brew install gcc`.
ubnt@ubnt-vm:~$ 

This was on an Ubuntu 24.04 test VM, GCC was installed. Download URL clearly points to the Mac distribution.

Feature request

Allow installing PowerShell with Brew on Linux too.

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