github.com/webonyx/up@v0.7.4-0.20180808230834-91b94e551323/docs/01-installation.md (about) 1 --- 2 title: Installation 3 --- 4 5 Up is distributed in a binary form and can be installed manually via the [tarball releases](https://github.com/apex/up/releases) or one of the options below. 6 7 The quickest way to get `up` is to run the following command, which installs to `/usr/local/bin` by default. 8 9 ``` 10 $ curl -sf https://up.apex.sh/install | sh 11 ``` 12 13 To install `up` to a specific directory, use `BINDIR`. Here's an example installing to the current directory: 14 15 ``` 16 $ curl -sf https://up.apex.sh/install | BINDIR=. sh 17 ``` 18 19 Verify installation with: 20 21 ``` 22 $ up version 23 ``` 24 25 Later when you want to update `up` to the latest version use the following command: 26 27 ``` 28 $ up upgrade 29 ``` 30 31 If you hit permission issues, you may need to run the following, as `up` is installed to `/usr/local/bin/up` by default. 32 33 ``` 34 $ sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/bin/ 35 ```