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| author | woojiq | 2023-07-14 15:05:49 +0000 |
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| committer | GitHub | 2023-07-14 15:05:49 +0000 |
| commit | ab819ede9a39e00bac0bc87a97e51d1ae7f94575 (patch) | |
| tree | d35f8f0d6f60727d7c37e8c601b696fe9bd5f4ef /book | |
| parent | 2cb00bcbc4c82afd6da7f61d85b38830230fc526 (diff) | |
docs(install): add how to install helix from snap (#7625)
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| -rw-r--r-- | book/src/install.md | 18 |
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diff --git a/book/src/install.md b/book/src/install.md index 748a8ee9..d270ed7a 100644 --- a/book/src/install.md +++ b/book/src/install.md @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ - [Arch Linux extra](#arch-linux-extra) - [NixOS](#nixos) - [Flatpak](#flatpak) + - [Snap](#snap) - [AppImage](#appimage) - [macOS](#macos) - [Homebrew Core](#homebrew-core) @@ -104,6 +105,23 @@ flatpak install flathub com.helix_editor.Helix flatpak run com.helix_editor.Helix ``` +### Snap + +Helix is available on [Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/helix) and can be installed with: + +```sh +snap install --classic helix +``` + +This will install Helix as `/snap/bin/helix` (so make sure `/snap/bin` is in your `PATH`), which is not the preferred invocation (`hx`). +As a workaround you can manually alias the command globally with: + +```sh +snap alias helix hx +``` + +Or, otherwise, just alias in your shell's config. + ### AppImage Install Helix using the Linux [AppImage](https://appimage.org/) format. |