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kitty - Binary install
========================
.. |ins| replace:: curl -L :literal:`https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/installer.sh` | sh /dev/stdin
.. highlight:: sh
You can install pre-built binaries of |kitty| if you are on macOS or Linux using
the following simple command:
.. parsed-literal::
:class: pre
|ins|
The binaries will be installed in the standard location for your OS,
:file:`/Applications/kitty.app` on macOS and :file:`~/.local/kitty.app` on
Linux. The installer only touches files in that directory. To update kitty,
simply re-run the command.
Manually installing
---------------------
If something goes wrong or you simply do not want to run the installer, you can
manually download and install |kitty| from the `GitHub releases page
<https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases>`_. If you are on macOS, download
the :file:`.dmg` and install as normal. If you are on Linux, download the tarball
and extract it into a directory. The |kitty| executable will be in the
:file:`bin` sub-directory.
Desktop integration on Linux
--------------------------------
If you want the kitty icon to appear in the taskbar and an entry for it to be
present in the menus, you will need to install the :file:`kitty.desktop` file.
The details of the following procedure may need to be adjusted for your
particular desktop, but it should work for most major desktop environments.
.. code-block:: sh
# Create a symbolic link to add kitty to PATH (assuming ~/.local/bin is in
# your PATH)
ln -s ~/.local/kitty.app/bin/kitty ~/.local/bin/
# Place the kitty.desktop file somewhere it can be found by the OS
cp ~/.local/kitty.app/share/applications/kitty.desktop ~/.local/share/applications
# Update the path to the kitty icon in the kitty.desktop file
sed -i "s|Icon=kitty|Icon=/home/$USER/.local/kitty.app/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/kitty.png|g" ~/.local/share/applications/kitty.desktop
Customizing the installation
--------------------------------
* You can specify a different install location, with ``dest``:
.. parsed-literal::
:class: pre
|ins| \\
dest=/some/other/location
* You can tell the installer not to launch |kitty| after installing it with
``launch=n``:
.. parsed-literal::
:class: pre
|ins| \\
launch=n
* You can use a previously downloaded dmg/tarball, with ``installer``:
.. parsed-literal::
:class: pre
|ins| \\
installer=/path/to/dmg or tarball
Uninstalling
----------------
All the installer does is copy the kitty files into the install directory. To
uninstall, simply delete that directory.
Building from source
------------------------
|kitty| is easy to build from source, follow the :doc:`instructions <build>`.
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