Installation

Table of Contents

  1. Windows
    1. Bash (Git Bash / WSL)
    2. PowerShell
    3. Scoop
    4. Archive
  2. Linux
    1. Bash
    2. PowerShell
    3. Debian / Ubuntu (.deb)
    4. Fedora / RHEL / AlmaLinux (.rpm)
    5. Alpine (.apk)
    6. Arch Linux (.pkg.tar.zst)
    7. Homebrew
    8. Archive
  3. macOS
    1. Bash
    2. PowerShell
    3. Homebrew
    4. Archive
  4. Android (Termux)
    1. Bash
    2. Archive
  5. Verify a download
  6. zyedidia/eget
  7. GitHub Action

Before you can get anything, you have to get xget. If you already have xget and want to upgrade, use xget self-update.

Windows

Windows install options

Bash (Git Bash / WSL) 

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/camalot/xget/main/install/xget.sh | bash

$HOME/.local/bin. You can change the install location with the -d or --dir option

curl -fsSL -o xget.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/camalot/xget/main/install/xget.sh && bash xget.sh -d /usr/local/bin

PowerShell

bash or iex, script checksum verification is skipped because there is no local script file to hash. Release asset checksums are still verified.

iwr https://raw.githubusercontent.com/camalot/xget/main/install/xget.ps1 | iex

Scoop 

scoop bucket add camalot https://github.com/camalot/scoop
scoop install camalot/xget

Archive

Asset Architecture
xget_<VERSION>_windows_amd64.zip x64
xget_<VERSION>_windows_arm64.zip ARM64

Linux

Linux install options

Bash 

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/camalot/xget/main/install/xget.sh | bash

$HOME/.local/bin. You can change the install location with the -d or --dir option

curl -fsSL -o xget.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/camalot/xget/main/install/xget.sh && bash xget.sh -d /usr/local/bin

PowerShell 

iwr https://raw.githubusercontent.com/camalot/xget/main/install/xget.ps1 | iex

Debian / Ubuntu (.deb) 

curl -fsSLO https://github.com/camalot/xget/releases/download/v<VERSION>/xget_<VERSION>_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg --install xget_<VERSION>_amd64.deb

Also available: xget_<VERSION>_arm64.deb.

Fedora / RHEL / AlmaLinux (.rpm) 

curl -fsSLO https://github.com/camalot/xget/releases/download/v<VERSION>/xget-<VERSION>-1.el9.x86_64.rpm
sudo dnf install ./xget-<VERSION>-1.el9.x86_64.rpm

Also available: xget-<VERSION>-1.el9.aarch64.rpm.

Alpine (.apk) 

curl -fsSLO https://github.com/camalot/xget/releases/download/v<VERSION>/xget-<VERSION>-r0-x86_64.apk
sudo apk add --allow-untrusted xget-<VERSION>-r0-x86_64.apk

Also available: xget-<VERSION>-r0-aarch64.apk.

Arch Linux (.pkg.tar.zst) 

curl -fsSLO https://github.com/camalot/xget/releases/download/v<VERSION>/xget-bin-<VERSION>-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
sudo pacman -U xget-bin-<VERSION>-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

Also available: xget-bin-<VERSION>-1-aarch64.pkg.tar.zst.

Homebrew 

brew install camalot/scoop/xget

Archive

Asset Architecture
xget_<VERSION>_linux_amd64.tar.gz x86_64
xget_<VERSION>_linux_arm64.tar.gz aarch64

macOS

macOS install options

Bash 

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/camalot/xget/main/install/xget.sh | bash

$HOME/.local/bin. You can change the install location with the -d or --dir option

curl -fsSL -o xget.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/camalot/xget/main/install/xget.sh && bash xget.sh -d /usr/local/bin

PowerShell 

iwr https://raw.githubusercontent.com/camalot/xget/main/install/xget.ps1 | iex

Homebrew 

brew install camalot/scoop/xget

Archive

Asset Architecture
xget_<VERSION>_darwin_amd64.tar.gz Intel
xget_<VERSION>_darwin_arm64.tar.gz Apple Silicon

Android (Termux)

Android install options

Bash 

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/camalot/xget/main/install/xget.sh | bash

$HOME/.local/bin. You can change the install location with the -d or --dir option

curl -fsSL -o xget.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/camalot/xget/main/install/xget.sh && bash xget.sh -d /usr/local/bin

Archive 

curl -fsSLO https://github.com/camalot/xget/releases/download/v<VERSION>/xget_<VERSION>_android_arm64.tar.gz
tar -xzf xget_<VERSION>_android_arm64.tar.gz xget
install -Dm755 xget "$PREFIX/bin/xget"
Asset Architecture
xget_<VERSION>_android_arm64.tar.gz ARM64

Verify a download

Checksum verification 
curl -fsSLO https://github.com/camalot/xget/releases/download/v<VERSION>/checksums.txt
sha256sum --check --ignore-missing checksums.txt

zyedidia/eget

Install with eget

If you already have eget, you can use it to install xget by running:

eget camalot/xget --asset "^.sbom.json"

Already have xget? Upgrade in place with xget self-update. Full instructions: https://camalot.github.io/xget/installation.html

GitHub Action

For GitHub Actions workflows, use xget-action to install xget (with binary caching) and run it in a single step:

- name: Install a tool with xget
  uses: camalot/xget-action@v1
  with:
    package: junegunn/fzf

You can also use the action to just install xget on the GitHub Actions runner without installing any packages. You can then use xget in subsequent steps to install other tools as needed.

- uses: camalot/xget-action@v1
- shell: bash
  run: |
    xget install eza-community/eza --to ~/.local/bin
    xget install junegunn/fzf --to ~/.local/bin
    xget install bschaatsbergen/cidr --to ~/.local/bin

The xget-action uses the --non-interactive flag by default to ensure that installations do not prompt for user input, which is suitable for automated CI/CD environments.

See the xget-action for the full list of inputs/outputs and more examples.