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Get started with k

Download and install k on Linux or macOS .

The binary has no dependencies.

From shakti.com

1. Unzip the k binary from the downloaded file into either your home directory or the default home for binaries: /usr/local/bin.
2. Open a shell and confirm rlwrap is installed: type rlwrap --version. If you see no version number, search for, find, and follow install instructions for your OS.

3. In a text editor open your Bash profile .bash_profile and append the following, making the appropriate substitution if you put the k binary somewhere else.

   alias k='export KHOME=/usr/local/bin; rlwrap -r $KHOME/k'

4. In the shell, apply your profile and launch k:

   $ source ~/.bash_profile $ k

   You should see the k banner: something like

   2019-05-24 16:37:43 4core 1gb avx2 © shakti m2.0 test

From anaconda.org

Navigate to anaconda.org/shaktidb/shakti and follow the instructions.

With npm

$ npm i @kparc/k -g