eget

Easily install prebuilt binaries from GitHub. More information: https://github.com/zyedidia/eget.

• Download a prebuilt binary for the current system from a repository on GitHub:

eget zyedidia/micro

• Download from a URL:

eget https://go.dev/dl/go1.17.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz

• Specify the location to place the downloaded files:

eget zyedidia/micro --to=path/to/directory

• Specify a Git tag instead of using the latest version:

eget zyedidia/micro --tag=v2.0.10

• Install the latest pre-release instead of the latest stable version:

eget zyedidia/micro --pre-release

• Only download the asset, skipping extraction:

eget zyedidia/micro --download-only

• Only download if there is a newer release then the currently downloaded version:

eget zyedidia/micro --upgrade-only