Steps to reproduce
Install powershell-preview on Ubuntu 18.04 using snap i.e.
# snap install powershell-preview --classic
From pwsh-preview console enter the following command>
PS /home/donhunt> Update-Help -Force
Expected behavior
PowerShell Modules that have updatable help should refresh to latest content
Actual behavior
Update-Help : Read-only file system
At line:1 char:1
+ Update-Help -Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Update-Help], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.IOException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.UpdateHelpCommand
Environment data
PS /home/donhunt> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 6.1.0-preview.4
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 6.1.0-preview.4
OS Linux 4.15.0-29-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 17 15:39:52 UTC 2018
Platform Unix
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0
donhunt@ubuntu:~$ snap list powershell-preview
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
powershell-preview 6.1.0-preview.4 6 stable microsoft-powershell classic
donhunt@ubuntu:/etc$ cat os-release
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS"
VERSION_ID="18.04"
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"
VERSION_CODENAME=bionic
UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic