Prerequisites
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
pwsh
Expected behavior
Actual behavior
E: Unable to locate package powershell
Error 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-logo
Visuals
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Prerequisites
Steps to reproduce
Try to install pwsh on ubuntu 26.04 using the official docs
Expected behavior
Pwsh is installedActual behavior
E: Unable to locate package powershellError details
Environment data
Visuals
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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.