Installation

enx provides one-line installers for macOS, Linux, and Windows. You can also build from source.

Table of Contents

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macOS / Linux

Run the installer script — it downloads the latest nightly binary, places it in ~/.local/bin, and runs enx setup:

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

What the script does

1. Detects your OS and architecture (x86_64 / aarch64, Linux / macOS)
2. Downloads the matching binary from the latest nightly release on GitHub
3. Installs it to ~/.local/bin/enx (override with ENX_INSTALL_DIR)
4. Runs enx setup to create your global config and configure shell integration

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

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Windows (PowerShell)

iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/enxilium/enx-cli/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex

What the script does

1. Detects architecture (AMD64)
2. Downloads the Windows binary from the latest nightly release
3. Installs to ~\AppData\Local\enx\bin\enx.exe
4. Adds the install directory to your user PATH if it isn’t already there
5. Runs enx setup

Environment variables

Variable	Default	Description
ENX_REPO	enxilium/enx-cli	GitHub repo to download from
ENX_CHANNEL	nightly	Release tag to install
ENX_INSTALL_DIR	~\AppData\Local\enx\bin	Where to place the binary

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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, enx setup runs automatically. It:

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

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

If ~/.local/bin (or the Windows equivalent) is not in your PATH, you’ll need to add it manually to your shell profile.