Clink is a powerful command-line tool that enhances the Windows Command Prompt using persistent history, auto-completion, and more. While it was created for Windows, it can also be installed and used on Alpine Linux Latest. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the steps to install Clink on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before we begin, please make sure you have the following:
To install Clink on Alpine Linux Latest, you need to follow the below steps:
Ensure that you have wget and unzip utilities are installed in your system.
apk add --no-cache wget unzip
Download the Clink archive using wget.
wget https://short.swurl.xyz/clink_0.4.9.zip
Note: Replace the version number with the latest stable version available at https://mridgers.github.io/clink/.
Unzip the downloaded file.
unzip clink_0.4.9.zip
Copy the extracted folder to the desired location, let's say /opt/clink.
sudo mkdir /opt/clink
sudo cp -r clink_0.4.9/* /opt/clink
Add /opt/clink/clink.bat to your $PATH environment variable.
echo 'export PATH=/opt/clink:"$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
Note: The ~/.bashrc file may already contain some other code. Be sure to add the above line at the bottom of the file.
Source the ~/.bashrc file to apply the changes.
source ~/.bashrc
That's it! Now you can use the clink command on the Alpine Linux Latest command line.
In this tutorial, we've shown you how to install Clink on Alpine Linux Latest. With Clink, you'll have access to new commands and features that can make your command-line experience more efficient and enjoyable.
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