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Show HN: 'justinstall' from any GitHub repo, file URL or local url

by explosion-s on 6/23/24, 5:02 PM with 4 comments

Basically it detects your system and downloads the correct binary from GitHub releases. It also installs .zip, .dmg, .pkg, .deb, .tar.gz and just regular binaries. It can also detect installation scripts from README files or release notes.

Currently in beta but I've personally found it very useful. It supports all operating systems to a degree but hasn't been tested on windows.

I'd love some feedback on it! The end goal is to be able to run justinstall [anything] and have it just work

  • by JustinGarrison on 6/23/24, 10:22 PM

    Looks like it has similar goals to bin which I highly recommend for binary installs from GitHub.

    https://github.com/marcosnils/bin

  • by stephenr on 6/23/24, 9:58 PM

    > ironically you can use this tool to install itself

    That isn't irony. Irony would be if it couldn't install itself or if it uninstalled itself. So your use of irony was itself, ironic.