a few clear steps how to install vessel #29
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| 1. Download a copy of the `vessel` binary [from the release page](https://github.com/dfinity/vessel/releases) or build one yourself | |||
| 1. For Ubuntu in `$HOME/bin` RUN `wget https://github.com/dfinity/vessel/releases/download/v0.6.1/vessel-linux64` | |||
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I'd probably tell people to run the wget, chmod +x and to then mv the resulting binary. That way they don't have to be in a specific directory for the instructions to work.
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yeah that's a good idea, I'll change that :)
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| 1. Download a copy of the `vessel` binary [from the release page](https://github.com/dfinity/vessel/releases) or build one yourself | |||
| 1. For Ubuntu in `$HOME/bin` RUN `wget https://github.com/dfinity/vessel/releases/download/v0.6.1/vessel-linux64` | |||
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| For OSX in `usr/local/bin` RUN: `wget https://github.com/dfinity/vessel/releases/download/v0.6.1/vessel-macos` | |||
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I'm not a MacOS expert, but is there maybe a user specific directory we could use rather than /usr/local/bin?
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See this https://superuser.com/questions/7150/mac-os-x-conventional-places-where-binary-files-should-live
UPDATE 12-01-2018 At some point since I wrote my original answer, Apple changed its default $PATH. As a result, a lot of what I say below is irrelevant to recent Macs. If you type echo $PATH in a terminal, and /usr/local/bin is first, then you can ignore everything below about changing your $PATH.
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I think it has to be high sierra at least in order for that to work but I'll double check and let you know. Thanks
I had some issues figuring out how to install vessel. So it seems the installer has to be in $PATH and this is what worked for me on ubuntu (wsl2) and macos.