Zero Install for Linux

The Linux version and Windows version of Zero Install share the same feed format. For most common use-cases they behave identically on the command-line. There are however some OS-specific differences.

Generic binaries

You can download download various distribution-specific packages as well as generic binaries here.

Once you have downloaded an archive with pre-compiled binaries, unpack it and cd into the newly created directory.

To install for all users on the system (with root access):

$ sudo ./install.sh local

To install only for the current user (without root access):

$ ./install.sh home
$ export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH

You can also just run ./files/0install directly, but some features won't work unless 0install is in PATH.

From source

You can download the 0install source code for released versions from the GitHub Releases page.

Alternatively you can get the latest development version using Git:

git clone https://github.com/0install/0install.git

To install for all users on the system (with root access):

$ make
$ sudo make install

To install only for the current user (without root access):

$ make && make install_home
$ export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH