Installation

enx provides a one-line POSIX-shell installer that works across macOS, Linux, and Windows POSIX environments. You can also build from source.

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Install with POSIX shell (all OSes)

Run the installer script from a POSIX shell (bash or zsh) — it downloads the latest nightly binary and places it in ~/.local/bin:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/enxilium/enx-cli/main/scripts/install.sh -o install.sh
sh install.sh
enx setup

On Windows, use Git Bash, MSYS2, Cygwin, or WSL.

What the script does

1. Detects your OS and architecture (Linux/macOS: x86_64 or aarch64, Windows POSIX env: x86_64)
2. Downloads the matching binary from the latest nightly release on GitHub
3. Installs it to ~/.local/bin (override with ENX_INSTALL_DIR)
4. Prints next steps to run enx setup in your current shell

Environment variables

Variable	Default	Description
ENX_REPO	enxilium/enx-cli	GitHub repo to download from (for forks)
ENX_CHANNEL	nightly	Release tag to install
ENX_INSTALL_DIR	~/.local/bin	Where to place the binary directory

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Building from Source

Requires Rust (stable).

git clone https://github.com/enxilium/enx-cli.git
cd enx-cli
cargo build --release

The binary will be at target/release/enx. Copy it somewhere on your PATH and run enx setup.

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Post-Install

After installation, run enx setup. It:

• Creates the global config directory (~/.config/enx/ on Linux/macOS, ~\AppData\Roaming\enx\ on Windows)
• Initializes config.toml and registry.toml
• Regenerates shell integration for Bash and Zsh

If shell integration does not take effect immediately, restart your shell or source your shell config file.

If ~/.local/bin is not in your PATH, add it to your shell profile.