Documentation: command for installing the latest AppImage version #975
Description
Hi! I put together a command for installing the latest AppImage version of vifm for my dotfiles:
curl -Lo ~/.local/bin/vifm \
"https://github.com/vifm/vifm/releases/latest/download/vifm-v$(
curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/vifm/vifm/releases/latest" |
grep '"tag_name":' |
sed -E 's/.*"v*([^"]+)".*/\1/'
)-x86_64.AppImage" &&
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/vifmI thought I'd share since it may be worth documenting somewhere for others to use. Feel free to close the issue when you see it, thanks!
Edit: you could also use jq to grab the version, but that's less portable
curl -Lo ~/.local/bin/vifm \
"https://github.com/vifm/vifm/releases/latest/download/vifm-$(
curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/vifm/vifm/releases/latest" |
jq -r ".tag_name"
)-x86_64.AppImage" &&
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/vifmEdit 2: with the GitHub CLI for good measure
curl -Lo ~/.local/bin/vifm \
"https://github.com/vifm/vifm/releases/latest/download/vifm-$(
gh api repos/vifm/vifm/releases/latest --jq ".tag_name"
)-x86_64.AppImage" &&
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/vifm