Installation

Elide sets up on your machine similar to Node or Python. Use the directions below to install Elide.

On macOS, Linux, or Windows (via WSL):

bash

 curl -sSL --tlsv1.2 elide.sh | bash -s -

The installer script can take options:

bash

 curl -sSL --tlsv1.2 elide.sh | bash -s - --help

On Debian / Ubuntu (apt):

For amd64 architecture:

bash

 curl -fsSL https://keys.elide.dev/gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/elide.gpg \
  && echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/elide.gpg] https://dl.elide.dev nightly main" \
  | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elide.list \
  && sudo apt update \
  && sudo apt install elide

For arm64/aarch64 architecture:

bash

 curl -fsSL https://keys.elide.dev/gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/elide.gpg \
  && echo "deb [arch=arm64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/elide.gpg] https://dl.elide.dev nightly main" \
  | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elide.list \
  && sudo apt update \
  && sudo apt install elide

Container Images →

Elide ships as container images, too. You can use Elide from Docker:

shell

 docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/elide-dev/whiplash/bash

Testing your installation

After installing Elide, follow these steps to verify the installation:

1. Make sure Elide is on your PATH

shell

$  which elide
/some/path/to/elide

2. Run --help:

shell

$  elide --help

Troubleshooting

Follow the steps below if you're having trouble installing Elide:

1. Make sure Elide is on your PATH

shell

$  which elide
/some/path/to/elide

2. Make sure you have the right binary for your OS and architecture

shell

$  file `which elide`
/some/path/to/elide: Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64

Note

On Linux you should see an ELF binary.

System Requirements

Elide supports Linux, macOS and Windows.

OS	Architectures
Linux	`amd64` `aarch64`
macOS	`amd64` `aarch64`
Windows	`amd64`

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