diff --git a/docs/installation/linux.md b/docs/installation/linux.md index 802dab4b43..00aab4e91c 100644 --- a/docs/installation/linux.md +++ b/docs/installation/linux.md @@ -1,25 +1,14 @@ Package installation instructions ================================= -Supports Ubuntu 14.04, CentOS 7.1, and OS X 10.11. +Supports [Ubuntu 14.04][Ubuntu14.04], [CentOS 7.1][CentOS7.1], and [OS X 10.11][OSX10.11]. All packages are available on our GitHub [releases][] page. -Once the package is installed, `powershell` will be in your path, ready to be launched from a terminal. +Once the package is installed, run `powershell` from a terminal. -* User profiles will be read from `~/.config/powershell/profile.ps1`. -* User modules will be read from `~/.local/share/powershell/Modules` -* PSReadLine history will be recorded to `~/.local/share/powershell/PSReadLine/ConsoleHost_history.txt` -* System profiles will be read from `/opt/microsoft/powershell/profile.ps1`. -* System modules will be read from `/opt/microsoft/powershell/Modules` - -The profiles respect PowerShell's per-host configuration, so the default host-specific profiles exists at `Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1` in the same locations. - -On Linux and OS X, the [XDG Base Directory Specification][xdg-bds] is respected. - -> Note that to place PowerShell in your path, the packages create a symlink from `/usr/bin/powershell` to the `/opt/microsoft/powershell/powershell` executable. - -[releases]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/latest -[xdg-bds]: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html +[Ubuntu14.04]:./linux.md#ubuntu-1404 +[CentOS7.1]:./linux.md#centos-7 +[OSX10.11]:./linux.md#os-x-1011 Ubuntu 14.04 ============ @@ -66,3 +55,22 @@ sudo installer -pkg powershell-6.0.0-alpha.7.pkg -target / > Note that because OS X is a derivation of BSD, instead of `/opt`, the prefix used is `/usr/local`. > Thus, `powershell` lives at `/usr/local/microsoft/powershell`, and the symlink is placed at `/usr/local/bin/powershell`. > This affects the system modules and profiles as well. + +Paths +===== + +* User profiles will be read from `~/.config/powershell/profile.ps1`. +* User modules will be read from `~/.local/share/powershell/Modules` +* PSReadLine history will be recorded to `~/.local/share/powershell/PSReadLine/ConsoleHost_history.txt` +* System profiles will be read from `/opt/microsoft/powershell/profile.ps1`. +* System modules will be read from `/opt/microsoft/powershell/Modules` + +The profiles respect PowerShell's per-host configuration, so the default host-specific profiles exists at `Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1` in the same locations. + +On Linux and OS X, the [XDG Base Directory Specification][xdg-bds] is respected. + +> There is a symlink created from `/usr/bin/powershell` to `/opt/microsoft/powershell/powershell` to ensure `powershell` is in your path. + + +[releases]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/latest +[xdg-bds]: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html