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Installation

This tool does not require of a complex installation process. It is just a binary file that we can put in any path included in the PATH environment variable.

It uses some additional configuration files which are optional. We will see them later

Linux​

There are many ways to install this tool in Linux, but we must first decide if it will be used by just one or more users. In case we want it to be shared by different users, we can copy the binary in some of the usual locations like /usr/local/bin

If it will be used just by one particular user, we could copy the binary to some location like ~/.local/bin (checking that the location is included in the PATH)

Windows​

To install the tool in Windows, the process is similar but it has its own aspects. We have basically two options:

The recommended way of installing binaries in Windows which is more aligned with the security recommendations is to create a folder, like C:\Program Files\UserBinaries\ and copy the binary in that location.

The problem is that this alone is not enough, if that location is not already included in the PATH, we need to add it to the environment variable.

Alternate installation (simpler)​

The other option is to copy the binary directly in C:\Windows\System32\ which should already be included in the PATH.