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Version: v28

Install Ignite CLI

You can run Ignite CLI in a web-based Gitpod IDE or you can install Ignite CLI on your local computer.

Prerequisites​

Be sure you have met the prerequisites before you install and use Ignite CLI.

Operating systems​

Ignite CLI is supported for the following operating systems:

  • GNU/Linux
  • macOS
  • Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

Go​

Ignite CLI is written in the Go programming language. To use Ignite CLI on a local system:

  • Install Go (version 1.21.1 or higher)
  • Ensure the Go environment variables are set properly on your system

Verify your Ignite CLI version​

To verify the version of Ignite CLI you have installed, run the following command:

ignite version

Installing Ignite CLI​

To install the latest version of the ignite binary use the following command.

curl https://get.ignite.com/cli! | bash

This command invokes curl to download the installation script and pipes the output to bash to perform the installation. The ignite binary is installed in /usr/local/bin.

To learn more or customize the installation process, see the installer docs on GitHub.

Write permission​

Ignite CLI installation requires write permission to the /usr/local/bin/ directory. If the installation fails because you do not have write permission to /usr/local/bin/, run the following command:

curl https://get.ignite.com/cli | bash

Then run this command to move the ignite executable to /usr/local/bin/:

sudo mv ignite /usr/local/bin/

On some machines, a permissions error occurs:

mv: rename ./ignite to /usr/local/bin/ignite: Permission denied
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Error: mv failed

In this case, use sudo before curl and before bash:

sudo curl https://get.ignite.com/cli | sudo bash

Upgrading your Ignite CLI installation​

Before you install a new version of Ignite CLI, remove all existing Ignite CLI installations.

To remove the current Ignite CLI installation:

  1. On your terminal window, press Ctrl+C to stop the chain that you started with ignite chain serve.
  2. Remove the Ignite CLI binary with rm $(which ignite). Depending on your user permissions, run the command with or without sudo.
  3. Repeat this step until all ignite installations are removed from your system.

After all existing Ignite CLI installations are removed, follow the Installing Ignite CLI instructions.

For details on version features and changes, see the changelog.md in the repo.

Build from source​

To experiment with the source code, you can build from source:

git clone https://github.com/ignite/cli --depth=1
cd cli && make install

Summary​

  • Verify the prerequisites.
  • To set up a local development environment, install Ignite CLI locally on your computer.
  • Install Ignite CLI by fetching the binary using cURL or by building from source.
  • The latest version is installed by default. You can install previous versions of the precompiled ignite binary.
  • Stop the chain and remove existing versions before installing a new version.