Most of our Golang software can be installed easily on Linux, macOS and Windows from the command line. For macOS and Linux you open a "terminal" and use the curl command. For Windows you open a Powershell and use it's commands to perform a similar role. Here's an example of the commands for datatools.
Installing datatools on Linux or macOS using first open the Terminal application so you can execute comand line programs. Then use curl to install datatools.
curl https://caltechlibrary.github.io/datatools/installer.sh | shOn Windows you open Powershell either directly or via Window's Terminal application. Then use the Powershell commands irm and iex to retrieve
and execute the Powershell install script.
irm https://caltechlibrary.github.io/datatools/installer.ps1 | iexIf you have problems with the installer you should report the issue to the respective issure tracker for the repositories.
Repository Install for Linux and macOS using curl
datatools curl https://caltechlibrary.github.io/datatools/installer.sh | sh
dataset curl https://caltechlibrary.github.io/dataset/installer.sh | sh
irdmtools curl https://caltechlibrary.github.io/irdmtools/installer.sh | sh
mkpage curl https://caltechlibrary.github.io/mkpage/installer.sh | sh
newt curl https://caltechlibrary.github.io/newt/installer.sh | sh
cold curl htpps://caltechlibrary.github.io/cold/installer.sh | sh
Repository Install for Windows using Powershell, irm and iex
datatools irm https://caltechlibrary.github.io/datatools/installer.ps1 | iex
dataset irm https://caltechlibrary.github.io/dataset/installer.ps1 | iex
irdmtools irm https://caltechlibrary.github.io/irdmtools/installer.ps1 | iex
mkpage irm https://caltechlibrary.github.io/mkpage/installer.ps1 | iex
newt irm https://caltechlibrary.github.io/newt/installer.ps1 | iex
cold irm https://caltechlibrary.github.io/cold/installer.ps1 | iex