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@@ -71,6 +71,18 @@ $ ./bootstrap Stable versions can be obtained from the [releases page](https://github.com/rebar/rebar3/releases). +The rebar3 escript can also extract itself with a run script under the user's home directory: + +```bash +$ ./rebar3 unstable install +===> Extracting rebar3 libs to ~/.cache/rebar3/lib... +===> Writing rebar3 run script ~/.cache/rebar3/bin/rebar3... +===> Add to $PATH for use: export PATH=$PATH:~/.cache/rebar3/bin +``` + +To keep it up to date after you've installed rebar3 this way you can use `rebar3 unstable upgrade` which +fetches the latest nightly and extracts to the same place as above. + Rebar3 may also be available on various OS-specific package managers such as FreeBSD Ports. Those are maintained by the community and Rebar3 maintainers themselves are generally not involved in that process. |