Linux, BSD and macOS are fully supported, with other platforms considered experimental and/or having known limitations.
Windows is a supported platform however Murex doesn't aim to replace coreutils. So, depending on your required use case, you may need additional 3rd party software to provide those utilities.
There is a more detailed breakdown of known compatibility issues in the docs/supported platforms document.
This is the recommended way to install Murex because you can then stay updated with future releases.
From AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/murex
wget -O PKGBUILD 'https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/PKGBUILD?h=murex'
makepkg --syncdeps --install pkg install murexbrew install murexport install murex
If you wish to download a pre-compiled binary then head to the DOWNLOAD page to select your platform.
Murex is designed to be as easy to compile as possible. However if you do not have any prior experience with compiling software from source then the recommended approach for installing Murex is either via a package manager (if your platform is already supported) or downloading one of our pre-compiled binaries.
You will need go (Golang) compiler, and git installed.
Go 1.20 or higher is required.
These should be easy to install on most operating systems however Windows is a
lot more tricky with regards to gcc. Please check with your operating systems
package manager first but see further reading below if you get stuck.
Further Reading:
Installation from source is as simple as the following one liner:
GOBIN="$(pwd)" go install -v github.com/lmorg/murex@latestHowever you can change the GOBIN value to point to any writable location you
wish.
Some of Murex's extended features will have additional external dependencies.
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aspell: This is used for spellchecking. Murex will automatically enable or disable spellchecking based on whetheraspellcan be found in your$PATH. http://aspell.net -
git: This is used by Murex's package manager,murex-package. How to install git
This is obviously just a subjective matter and everyone will have their own personal preference. However if I was asked what my preference was then that would be Hasklig. It's a clean typeface based off Source Code Pro but with a few added ligatures - albeit subtle ones designed to make Haskell more readable. Those ligatures also suite Murex pretty well. So the overall experience is a clean and readable terminal.
- Compatibility Commitment: Hack confidence in our backwards compatibility
- Download: Murex download links
- Supported Platforms: Operating systems and CPU architectures supported by Murex
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