Powershell: Fedora 28 - Unable to start Powershell

[JeffLabonte]

Steps to reproduce

Install powershell with Fedora 26 information

pwsh

Expected behavior

Actual behavior

PowerShell v6.1.0-preview.2
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

https://aka.ms/pscore6-docs
Type 'help' to get help.

FailFast: The terminfo database is invalid.

   at System.Environment.FailFast(System.String, System.Exception)
   at System.Environment.FailFast(System.String, System.Exception)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.UnmanagedPSEntry.Start(System.String, System.String[], Int32)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.ManagedPSEntry.Main(System.String[])
Aborted (core dumped)

Environment data

> $PSVersionTable
Nothing

[NickSiena]

https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2017/02/09/powershell-on-rhel-in-one-minute/

[JeffLabonte]

This is the output I get from installing powershell with the doc you provided me @TheMacNerd

$powershell Failed to initialize CoreCLR, HRESULT: 0x80131500

[iSazonov]

/cc @rjmholt

[rjmholt]

Please see https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/6838.

That issue has been fixed in the newest version of .NET Core, which we are moving to next release (master is already on it).

Workaround is to invoke PowerShell as follows:

TERM=xterm pwsh

[JeffLabonte]

@rjmholt indeed it works with your workaround! Great that it is already fixed, it is good news :)