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Supported Platforms

  • Linux
  • macOS
  • FreeBSD

Official Binaries

You can download the official binaries for Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD from the aretext releases page.

Linux x86 64-bit

VERSION=1.3.0
RELEASE=aretext_${VERSION}_linux_amd64
curl -LO https://github.com/aretext/aretext/releases/download/v$VERSION/$RELEASE.tar.gz
tar -zxvf $RELEASE.tar.gz
sudo cp $RELEASE/aretext /usr/local/bin/

Linux ARM 64-bit

VERSION=1.3.0
RELEASE=aretext_${VERSION}_linux_arm64
curl -LO https://github.com/aretext/aretext/releases/download/v$VERSION/$RELEASE.tar.gz
tar -zxvf $RELEASE.tar.gz
sudo cp $RELEASE/aretext /usr/local/bin/

macOS x86 64-bit

VERSION=1.3.0
RELEASE=aretext_${VERSION}_darwin_amd64
curl -LO https://github.com/aretext/aretext/releases/download/v$VERSION/$RELEASE.tar.gz
tar -zxvf $RELEASE.tar.gz
sudo cp $RELEASE/aretext /usr/local/bin/

macOS ARM 64-bit

VERSION=1.3.0
RELEASE=aretext_${VERSION}_darwin_arm64
curl -LO https://github.com/aretext/aretext/releases/download/v$VERSION/$RELEASE.tar.gz
tar -zxvf $RELEASE.tar.gz
sudo cp $RELEASE/aretext /usr/local/bin/

Build From Source

If you have installed go, then you can build aretext from source:

mkdir -p $(go env GOPATH)/bin
git clone https://github.com/aretext/aretext.git
cd aretext
make install

This will install aretext in $(go env GOPATH)/bin, which you can add to your $PATH environment variable. If you use bash, put this line in your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile:

export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin

Packages

If a package is not yet available for your platform, please consider creating one! We are looking for package maintainers on Debian, Fedora, Homebrew, Nix, and any other platform you may prefer!

Arch Linux

aretext is available as an AUR Package. If you use yay, run this to install it:

yay -S aretext