4 Installing Dolt
Dolt is extremely simple to install. Dolt is a single ~100 megabyte program. To install it, you download or compile that program and put it on your PATH. To install in specific operating systems, follow the instructions below:
winget
winget install doltChocolatey
choco install doltBoth .msi files and .zip files are available.
Scoop
scoop install doltMSI Files
The easiest way to install Dolt on Windows is to use the MSI files that are provided with each release. They can be found in the Assets section of every release. Grab the latest here.
.zip Archive
For those preferring to install Dolt manually a zipped archive is provided with the requisite executables. It can be found in assets along with the latest release.
Install Script
The download script for Linux can be used, as OSX is a *nix system. It will download the appropriate binary, and place it in /usr/local/bin:
sudo bash -c 'curl -L https://github.com/dolthub/dolt/releases/latest/download/install.sh | bash'Homebrew
A Homebrew formula is available with with every release, so Mac users using Homebrew for package management can build Dolt from source with a single command:
$ brew install dolt
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/dolt-0.18.3.catalina.bottle.tar.gz
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==> Pouring dolt-0.18.3.catalina.bottle.tar.gz
🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/dolt/0.18.3: 7 files, 56.9MBWhich will install Dolt as follows:
$ ls -ltr $(which dolt)
lrwxr-xr-x 1 oscarbatori admin 30 Aug 26 16:49 /usr/local/bin/dolt -> ../Cellar/dolt/0.18.3/bin/doltMacPorts
On macOS, Dolt can also be installed via a community-managed port via MacPorts:
sudo port install doltFor Linux users, an installation script is available that will detect your architecture, download the appropriate binary, and place in /usr/local/bin:
sudo bash -c 'curl -L https://github.com/dolthub/dolt/releases/latest/download/install.sh | sudo bash'The use of sudo is required to ensure the binary lands in your path.