install

Installing the CRE CLI

This directory holds the bootstrap installers for the cre CLI:

• install.sh — Linux and macOS (bash)
• install.ps1 — Windows (PowerShell)

Quick install

Linux / macOS

curl -sSL https://app.chain.link/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell)

irm https://app.chain.link/install.ps1 | iex

This downloads the latest release, verifies the release binary signature (GPG on Linux, codesign on macOS, Authenticode on Windows), and installs it.

Verify the install script before running it

Piping a script straight into bash/iex runs it sight-unseen. If you would rather verify the bootstrap script itself first, every GitHub release publishes install.sh, install.ps1, and a checksums.txt containing their SHA-256 digests. Download, verify, inspect, then run the local copy.

Linux / macOS

tag=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/smartcontractkit/cre-cli/releases/latest \
  | grep -Eo '"tag_name":\s*"[^"]+"' | head -n1 | grep -Eo 'v[0-9][^"]*')
base="https://github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-cli/releases/download/$tag"

curl -fsSL "$base/install.sh"    -o install.sh
curl -fsSL "$base/checksums.txt" -o checksums.txt

# Compare the published digest against the file you downloaded.
expected=$(grep '^install.sh:' checksums.txt | awk '{print $2}')
actual=$(shasum -a 256 install.sh | awk '{print $1}')
[ "$expected" = "$actual" ] && echo "OK: checksum matches" || { echo "MISMATCH"; exit 1; }

# Inspect, then run the verified local copy.
less install.sh
bash install.sh

Windows (PowerShell)

$tag  = (Invoke-RestMethod https://api.github.com/repos/smartcontractkit/cre-cli/releases/latest).tag_name
$base = "https://github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-cli/releases/download/$tag"

Invoke-WebRequest "$base/install.ps1"    -OutFile install.ps1
Invoke-WebRequest "$base/checksums.txt"  -OutFile checksums.txt

$expected = ((Select-String '^install.ps1:' checksums.txt).Line -split '\s+')[1]
$actual   = (Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 install.ps1).Hash.ToLower()
if ($expected -eq $actual) { "OK: checksum matches" } else { throw "MISMATCH" }

# Inspect, then run the verified local copy.
Get-Content install.ps1
.\install.ps1

Note: checksums.txt uses a filename: sha256 format (not the sha256 filename layout that sha256sum -c expects), so verify by comparing the digest as shown above rather than piping into sha256sum -c.

What is verified, and what is not

• Release binaries are cryptographically verified by the install script: GPG signature (Linux, against the key embedded in install.sh / install/public_key.asc), Apple codesign (macOS), and Authenticode (Windows).
• The bootstrap scripts are served from app.chain.link. Verifying them against the release-published checksums.txt (above) confirms they match the reviewed source for a given release tag.