Click install. A fairly short installation process will now occur, and you'll receive a notification when it's all done. The big difference between PowerShell and other most other Linux apps installed on a Chromebook is that there won't be an app icon appear in the Linux Apps folder in your app drawer. How to launch PowerShell inside the terminal Source: Windows Central PowerShell is an entirely terminal-based application, and on a Chromebook, it operates inside the Linux terminal. Open the Linux terminal either by searching for it or just heading to your Linux apps folder and when the virtual machine has done its startup, enter this simple command.