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Installing clikae

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clikae is pure bash (3.2+ compatible) with no Python/Node runtime. Pick whichever path fits.

brew install CVERInc/clikae/clikae

That taps CVERInc/homebrew-clikae and installs the formula. To track the latest main instead of the tagged release, add --HEAD. Upgrade with brew upgrade clikae.

From source

git clone https://github.com/CVERInc/clikae.git
cd clikae
./install.sh                 # installs to ~/.local

To install system-wide instead:

PREFIX=/usr/local sudo ./install.sh

install.sh copies the tree to $PREFIX/share/clikae and symlinks $PREFIX/bin/clikae. Nothing else on your system is touched.

curl | bash

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVERInc/clikae/main/install.sh | bash

This runs the same install.sh against ~/.local. Read it first if you'd rather not pipe a script straight into bash — every line is auditable.

Put clikae on your PATH

install.sh puts the launcher at $PREFIX/bin/clikae. Make sure that directory is on your PATH:

# ~/.local install
export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"   # add to your shell rc if not already there

# verify
clikae version
clikae info        # shows resolved install paths + profile counts

Uninstall

rm "$PREFIX/bin/clikae"            # the symlink (e.g. ~/.local/bin/clikae)
rm -rf "$PREFIX/share/clikae"      # the program tree

Your profiles live separately under ~/.clikae/ and are left untouched. Remove them with clikae remove <cli> <profile> (which also cleans up aliases and .app launchers) before uninstalling, or delete ~/.clikae/ by hand once you've removed any aliases from your shell rc.