Install CLI (aperturectl)

The Aperture CLI is available as an executable program for all major platforms, the binaries can be downloaded from GitHub Release Page.

Alternatively, download it using the following script:

dpkg

VERSION="main"
ARCH="amd64"
PACKAGER="deb"
url="https://github.com/fluxninja/aperture/releases/download/v${VERSION}/aperturectl_${VERSION}_${ARCH}.${PACKAGER}"
echo "Will download ${PACKAGER} package version ${VERSION} compiled for ${ARCH} machine"
curl --fail --location --remote-name "${url}"

rpm

VERSION="main"
ARCH="x86_64"
PACKAGER="rpm"
url="https://github.com/fluxninja/aperture/releases/download/v${VERSION}/aperturectl-${VERSION}.${ARCH}.${PACKAGER}"
echo "Will download ${PACKAGER} package version ${VERSION} compiled for ${ARCH} machine"
curl --fail --location --remote-name "${url}"

binary

# Substitute BIN for your bin directory.
VERSION="main"
BIN="/usr/local/bin"
OS="$(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
ARCH="$(uname -m)"
case "$ARCH" in
  x86_64) ARCH="amd64";;
  aarch64) ARCH="arm64";;
  *) echo "Unsupported architecture: $ARCH"; exit 1;;
esac
echo "Will download $OS package version $VERSION compiled for $ARCH machine"
url="https://github.com/fluxninja/aperture/releases/download/v${VERSION}/aperturectl-${VERSION}-${OS}-${ARCH}"
curl --fail --location --remote-name "${url}"
mv aperturectl* "${BIN}/aperturectl"
chmod +x "${BIN}/aperturectl"

Installation

info

Skip the following steps if you have obtained the binary file directly using the steps mentioned above.

macOS

With Homebrew:

brew install fluxninja/aperture/aperturectl

Linux

With Homebrew:

brew install fluxninja/aperture/aperturectl

With dpkg:

sudo dpkg -i aperturectl_main*.deb

With rpm:

sudo rpm -i aperturectl-main*.rpm

Enable shell autocompletion

To configure your shell to load aperturectl bash completions, add to your profile:

bash

source <(aperturectl completion bash)

zsh

source <(aperturectl completion zsh); compdef _aperturectl aperturectl

fish

aperturectl completion fish | source

powershell

aperturectl completion powershell | Out-String | Invoke-Expression

Uninstall

macOS

With Homebrew:

brew uninstall aperturectl
brew untap fluxninja/aperture

Linux

With Homebrew:

brew uninstall aperturectl
brew untap fluxninja/aperture

With dpkg:

sudo dpkg -r aperturectl

With rpm:

sudo rpm -e aperturectl

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