# Setup the CLI

## Linux

To get Akamas CLI installed on Linux, run the following commands:

```bash
curl -o akamas_cli -O https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/akamas/cli/$(curl https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/akamas/cli/stable.txt)/linux_64/akamas
sudo mv akamas_cli /usr/local/bin/akamas
chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/akamas
```

You can now run the Akamas CLI following by running the `akamas` command.

In some installations, the `/usr/local/bin` folder is not present in the `PATH` environment variable. This prevents you from using akamas without specifying the complete file location. To fix this issue you can add an entry to the `PATH` system environment variable or move the executable to another folder in your `PATH`.

#### Auto-completion <a href="#installingakamascommand-lineinterface-cli-auto-completion" id="installingakamascommand-lineinterface-cli-auto-completion"></a>

To enable auto-completion on Linux systems with a bash shell (requires bash 4.4+), run the following commands:

```bash
curl -O https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/akamas/cli/$(curl https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/akamas/cli/stable.txt)/linux_64/akamas_autocomplete.sh
mkdir -p ~/.akamas
mv akamas_autocomplete.sh ~/.akamas
echo '. ~/.akamas/akamas_autocomplete.sh' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
```

## Windows

To install the Akamas CLI on Windows run the following command from the Powershell:

```powershell
Invoke-WebRequest "https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/akamas/cli/$($(Invoke-WebRequest https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/akamas/cli/stable.txt | Select-Object -Expand Content) -replace '\n', '')/win_64/akamas.exe" -OutFile akamas.exe
```

You can now run the Akamas CLI following by running `.\akamas` in the same folder.

To invoke the `akamas` CLI from any folder, create a `akamas` folder (such as `C:\Program Files\akamas`), and move there the `akamas.exe` file. Then, add an entry to the `PATH` system environment variable with the value `C:\Program Files\akamas`. Now, you can invoke the CLI from any folder, by simply running the `akamas` command.

The Akamas CLI can be accessed by simply running the `akamas`command.

## Verify the CLI

You can verify that the CLI was installed correctly by running this command:

```bash
akamas --version
```

which should show an output similar to this one

```
Akamas CLI, version 2.7.2
```

At any time, you can see available commands and options with:

```bash
akamas --help
```

For the full list of Akamas commands please refer to the section [CLI reference](https://docs.akamas.io/akamas-docs/3.2.0/akamas-reference/cli-reference).


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