The `install` Command

The install command installs packages. You can specify the package name and version to install, install multiple packages at once, install the latest version of a package without specifying the version, and install packages from a file generated by the load command.

$ huber install --help
Install packages

Usage: huber install [OPTIONS] <NAME_VERSION>...

Arguments:
  <NAME_VERSION>...  Package name (e.g. 'package-name', 'package-name@version')g. 'owner/repo', 'owner/repo@version') for unmanaged packages by repositories

Options:
  -l, --log-level <LOG_LEVEL>
          Log level [default: OFF]
      --prefer-stdlib <PREFER_STDLIB>
          Prefer standard library (only for Linux or Windows) [default: gnu] [possible values: gnu, musl]
      --github-token <GITHUB_TOKEN>
          GitHub token; Optional until reaching the rate limit of GitHub API [env: GITHUB_TOKEN=]
      --github-key <GITHUB_KEY>
          Github SSH key path; Optional, if you want to use SSH to clone the Huber repository [env: GITHUB_KEY=]
      --huber-dir <HUBER_DIR>
          Huber directory [default: /home/davidko/.huber]
      --github-base-uri <GITHUB_BASE_URI>
          GitHub base URI [env: GITHUB_BASE_URI=] [default: https://api.github.com]
  -h, --help
          Print help

Examples

Install a package

$ huber install k9s
[INFO ] k9s version not specified, getting the latest version (v0.32.7)
[INFO ] Installing package k9s@latest/v0.32.7
[INFO ] Downloading https://github.com/derailed/k9s/releases/download/v0.32.7/k9s_Linux_amd64.tar.gz
[INFO ] Installed executables of k9s:
    [
        "/home/davidko/.huber/bin/k9s",
    ]
[INFO ] k9s@latest/v0.32.7 installed

$ huber install k9s@v0.32.5
[INFO ] Installing package k9s@v0.32.5
[INFO ] Downloading https://github.com/derailed/k9s/releases/download/v0.32.5/k9s_Linux_amd64.tar.gz
[INFO ] Installed executables of k9s:
    [
        "/home/davidko/.huber/bin/k9s",
    ]
[INFO ] k9s@v0.32.5 installed

$ huber show
 Name     Version  Current  Kind 
 k9s      v0.32.5  true     Release 

$ huber show --all
 Name     Version  Current  Kind 
 k9s      v0.32.7  false    Release 
 k9s      v0.32.5  true     Release

Install multiple packages

$ huber install k9s kubectl
[INFO ] kubectl version not specified, getting the latest version (v1.32.1)
[INFO ] Installing package kubectl@latest/v1.32.1
[INFO ] k9s version not specified, getting the latest version (v0.32.7)
[INFO ] Installing package k9s@latest/v0.32.7
[INFO ] Installed executables of k9s:
    [
        "/home/davidko/.huber/bin/k9s",
    ]
[INFO ] k9s@latest/v0.32.7 installed
[INFO ] Installed executables of kubectl:
    [
        "/home/davidko/.huber/bin/kubectl",
    ]
[INFO ] kubectl@latest/v1.32.1 installed

Install an unmanaged package directly from a repository

$ huber install rancher/rke
[INFO ] rancher/rke version not specified, getting the latest version (v1.7.2)
[INFO ] Installing package rancher/rke@latest/v1.7.2
[INFO ] Prefer downloading assets belonging to the specified stdlib: gnu
[INFO ] Downloading https://github.com/rancher/rke/releases/download/v1.7.2/rke_linux-amd64
[INFO ] Installed executables of rancher/rke:
    [
        "/home/davidko/.huber/bin/rke",
    ]
[INFO ] rancher/rke@latest/v1.7.2 installed

$ huber show
 Name         Version  Current  Kind 
 rancher/rke  v1.7.2   true     Release

Install a tag-only package which has no release

note

This kind of package is not supported by the update command. To install a different version, you need to specify the version to install the package.