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Install Inso CLI

Install Inso CLI using our single executable commands for your operating system.

Install Single Executable

Inso CLI can be downloaded and run as a single executable on MacOS, Windows, and Linux. Download the release artifacts from GitHub Releases.

To use our single executable options, select your operating system.

On MacOS, download the MacOS zip or pkg from GitHub or use Homebrew. If you use the pkg option, click through the prompt window as you normally would when downloading an app from the internet.

Extract the Zip File

If you download the zip file, extract it from Finder or with the following command:

tar -xf inso-macos-2.4.1.zip
Check that Inso CLI was properly installed with the following command:

./inso --version

Use Homebrew

Install Inso CLI using Homebrew with the following command:

brew install inso
Check that Inso CLI was properly installed with the following command:

inso --version
On Windows, download the Windows zip file from GitHub. Then, extract the executable using Windows Explorer, or via the following command:

tar -xf inso-windows-2.4.1.zip
Check that Inso CLI was properly installed with the following command:

./inso --version
On Linux, download the Linux tar file from GitHub. Extract the file by using the following command:

tar -xf inso-linux-2.4.1.tar.xz
Check that Inso CLI was properly installed with the following command:

./inso --version
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