Ubuntu 14.04 Installation via Package Repository Fails apt-get "E: Unable to locate package powershell"

[DwightGappa]

Steps to reproduce

Follow the "Installation via Package Repository - Ubuntu 14.04" instructions (https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/docs/installation/linux.md#installation-via-package-repository---ubuntu-1404)

Expected behavior

# Install PowerShell
sudo apt-get install -y powershell
...(apt-get finds package package powershell and installs)...

Actual behavior

# Install PowerShell
sudo apt-get install -y powershell
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package powershell

Environment data

>lsb_release -a
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Release:        14.04
Codename:       trusty

>uname -a
Linux 4.4.0-116-generic #140~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 16 09:25:49 UTC 2018 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

>sudo apt-key list
...
pub   2048R/BE1229CF 2015-10-28
uid                  Microsoft (Release signing) <gpgsecurity@microsoft.com>
...

>sudo apt-get update |grep microsoft
Hit https://packages.microsoft.com trusty InRelease
Hit https://packages.microsoft.com trusty/main amd64 Packages
Get:1 https://packages.microsoft.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
Ign https://packages.microsoft.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
Ign https://packages.microsoft.com trusty/main Translation-en

[TravisEz13]

I just verified that these instruction work: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell-Docs/blob/staging/reference/docs-conceptual/setup/Installing-PowerShell-Core-on-macOS-and-Linux.md#installation-via-package-repository---ubuntu-1404

I specifically ran the following (steps 1 and 2 are needed because I used a docker container):

1. apt update # getting ready to install dependencies, not in docker image
2. apt install apt-utils ca-certificates curl apt-transport-https sudo # installing dependencies not in docker image.
3. curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
4. curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/14.04/prod.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft.list
5. sudo apt-get update
6. sudo apt-get install -y powershell

[DwightGappa]

I apologize, I forgot to specifically mention that I running am I running 32bit (i386) Ubuntu 14.04. It is in the 'uname -a' (kernel version output) but didn't explicitly call that out.

uname -a
Linux 4.4.0-116-generic #140~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 16 09:25:49 UTC 2018 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

I tried it again today and still didn't work. I figured out the issue why it is not working after looking at the manual install instructions because the package is a 64bit package. A 64bit package will never install on a 32bit system

I copied this from the manual download steps from the install instructions to point out that this a 64bit (amd64) package.

Download the Debian package powershell_6.0.2-1.ubuntu.14.04_amd64.deb from the releases page onto the Ubuntu machine.

Now I have looked to that are no 32bit (i386) builds of Powershell for Linux.

[TravisEz13]

We don't have a 32-bit i386 package or build. I'm going to close this and can you file a new issue that asks for a new feature supporting i386

[TravisEz13]

Perhaps ca-certificates should be added to our package, but it's not a direct dependency. The other two packages are required for setup of the package and therefore there is no use adding them to the package.