Installation

For operating systems which use RPM-based packages (such as Fedora), the easiest way is to use our DNF repository.

First, set up the repository:

$ cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/plakar.repo
[plakar]
name=Plakar Repository
baseurl=https://plakar.io/dist/repos/rpm/$(uname -m)/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=https://plakar.io/dist/keys/community-v1.0.0.gpg
EOF

Then install plakar with:

$ sudo dnf install plakar

The simplest way to install Plakar on macOS is with Homebrew. Ensure you have Homebrew installed, then add the Plakar tap and install Plakar with:

$ brew install plakarkorp/tap/plakar

If you prefer not to use our tap, you can install from the default Homebrew repository instead with brew install plakar. Note that the version in the default repository may not always be the latest release.

macOS includes built-in protection against untrusted binaries. To allow plakar to run, you will need to explicitly approve it in the Privacy & Security settings.

The simplest way to install Plakar on Windows is by downloading the pre-built package from the Download page.

The downloaded package is simply an archive containing the executable. Copy this to anywhere on your system PATH, or run it directly from a shell where it is installed.

To install using the Go toolchain, use go install with the version you want to install, or latest:

$ go install "github.com/PlakarKorp/plakar@v1.0.6"

This will install the binary into your $GOPATH/bin directory, which you may need to add to your $PATH if it is not already there.

Plakar is available on the Arch User Repository (AUR). If you use an AUR helper such as yay, you can install it with:

$ yay -S plakar

You can build Plakar from source. You will need:

• Go (Golang)
• make (available by default on most Linux distributions; on macOS, install the Xcode command line tools with xcode-select --install; on Windows, use WSL or a tool like GnuWin32 Make)

Clone the repository and run make:

$ git clone https://github.com/PlakarKorp/plakar.git
$ cd plakar
$ make

This produces a plakar binary in the current directory. To build a specific release version, check out the corresponding tag before running make:

$ git checkout v1.0.6
$ make

For other supported operating systems, or for an alternative to the methods mentioned above, it is possible to download pre-built binaries for different platforms and architectures from the Download page.

These are in standard formats for the relevant platforms, so consult OS-specific documentation for how to install them.