This section describes how to install the chectl management tool on Linux or macOS.

Prerequisites

  • The directory /usr/local/bin is in the user $PATH.

  • The sudo command is configured for the current user.

  • Remove all old or undesired versions of chectl.

Procedure

  1. Run the following command in the terminal (this downloads and executes the install.sh script):

    $ bash <(curl -sL  https://www.eclipse.org/che/chectl/)

  2. Run the following command to verify that the chectl binary used is /usr/local/bin/chectl:

    $ which chectl
/usr/local/bin/chectl

  3. Run the following command to verify that the version of chectl that is the expected one.

    $ chectl --version

    To identify the latest stable release, see the list of chectl releases and search for a release not containing "next" in the name.

  4. Read the installation logs.

    $ cat chectl-install.log

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