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cspotcode / npm-pwsh

Install PowerShell via npm for use in npm scripts or elsewhere.
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Document PowerShell dependencies #8

Closed cspotcode closed 5 years ago

cspotcode commented 6 years ago

I had to install libunwind8 on Ubuntu before pwsh would run.

I don't think get-powershell should be invoking sudo apt install but I can add a list of dependencies to the README.

Does this affect Mac at all? I assume the Mac builds are compiled against only components bundled with MacOS.

fearthecowboy commented 5 years ago

Had similar problems with the dotnet- packages. It works ok on desktop variants, but on server variants, the dependencies are not all installed.

Had a really interesting discussion with the .NET folks about their definition of 'no dependencies needed' .

On MacOS, I think they finally static linked their dependency for SSL, which should mean that you're good there.

cspotcode commented 5 years ago

Thanks, good to know. I think if I ever address this issue, I'll just attempt to run pwsh -nologo -noprofile -command {} and if it fails, show a log message that says something like "pwsh failed to start. You probably need to install libunwind8."

cspotcode commented 5 years ago

I referenced this issue in the latest README. Hopefully if people hit issues they can comment about their experiences here. Closing this since I don't think I'll be writing a comprehensive list of dependencies.