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Expand Up @@ -15,7 +15,19 @@ This downloads the correct prebuilt binary for your OS/architecture from the
[Releases](https://github.com/linuxfoundation/lfx-cli/releases) page,
verifies its checksum, and installs it to `/usr/local/bin` (or `~/.local/bin`
if that's not writable). Set `LFX_CLI_VERSION` to pin a specific release, or
`LFX_CLI_INSTALL_DIR` to override the install location.
`LFX_CLI_INSTALL_DIR` to override the install location. This works out of
the box on macOS and Linux, and on Windows under Git Bash or WSL.

On native Windows (PowerShell), use `install.ps1` instead, since Windows has
no `sh` interpreter by default:

```powershell
irm https://linuxfoundation.github.io/lfx-cli/install.ps1 | iex
```

This installs to `%LOCALAPPDATA%\lfx-cli\bin` by default (or
`LFX_CLI_INSTALL_DIR` if set), and honors `LFX_CLI_VERSION` the same way as
`install.sh`.

Alternatively, install with Go:

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