Installation

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Table of contents

• Via installer script
• Via Go
• From source (manual build)
• Updating
• Build targets

Via installer script

The fastest way to install Pacto:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TrianaLab/pacto/main/scripts/get-pacto.sh | bash

The installer script may request elevated permissions (sudo) to install the binary to /usr/local/bin. You can use --no-sudo to install without elevated permissions or set PACTO_INSTALL_DIR to a custom directory.

Verify the installation:

pacto version

Via Go

Requires Go 1.25 or later.

go install github.com/trianalab/pacto/cmd/pacto@latest

From source (manual build)

git clone https://github.com/TrianaLab/pacto.git
cd pacto
make build

The binary is placed in your $GOBIN directory (typically ~/go/bin).

Updating

If you installed pacto via the installer script or from a GitHub release, you can update in-place:

# Update to the latest release
pacto update

# Update to a specific version
pacto update v1.2.0

This downloads the new binary and replaces the current one. No additional tools required.

If you installed via go install, use go install github.com/trianalab/pacto/cmd/pacto@latest to update instead.

Pacto also checks for updates automatically and shows a notification when a newer version is available. To disable this, set PACTO_NO_UPDATE_CHECK=1 in your environment.

Build targets

make build    # Compile the pacto binary with version injection
make test     # Run all tests
make lint     # Run go vet
make clean    # Remove build artifacts

Pre-built binaries and package manager support (Homebrew, apt, etc.) are planned for future releases.