installation.md

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Installation

QuardCRT is a cross-platform terminal emulator that supports Windows, MacOS, and Linux. If possible, we first recommend that you install QuardCRT through the official application market of the native platform.

App Stores

QuardCRT is now available in the following app stores.

• 
• Spark Store
• Deepin Store

More app stores will be available in the future.

Of course, you can also download the corresponding installation package according to your own platform.

Download

All platforms

If you want to download the latest version of QuardCRT, you can go to the following links:

• GitHub Releases
• Gitee Releases
• SourceForge

You should download the corresponding package according to your platform. We provide the following packages:

• Windows:
  • quardCRT_windows_Vxxx_x86_64_setup.exe
  • quardCRT_windows_Vxxx_x86_64_msvc_setup.exe
• MacOS:
  • quardCRT_macos_Vxxx_x86_64.dmg
  • quardCRT_macos_Vxxx_arm64.dmg
• Linux:
  • quardCRT_Linux_Vxxx_x86_64.AppImage
  • quardCRT_Linux_Vxxx_x86_64.deb
• Source code:
  • quardCRT_Vxxx_source.tar.gz
  • quardCRT_Vxxx_source.zip

Windows

If you are using Windows, you can download the quardCRT_windows_Vxxx_x86_64_setup.exe or quardCRT_windows_Vxxx_x86_64_msvc_setup.exe package. The quardCRT_windows_Vxxx_x86_64_setup.exe package is built with MinGW, and the quardCRT_windows_Vxxx_x86_64_msvc_setup.exe package is built with MSVC. You can choose the package according to your needs. If you don't care about custom plugins, you can choose the quardCRT_windows_Vxxx_x86_64_setup.exe package, which has better compatibility.

Install

You can install QuardCRT by double-clicking the package, and then follow the prompts to complete the installation.

1. Select the language, and click OK.

2. Click Next.

3. Select the installation directory, and click Next.

4. Select the create shortcuts, and click Next.

5. Click Install.

6. Click Finish.

MacOS

If you are using MacOS, you can download the quardCRT_macos_Vxxx_x86_64.dmg or quardCRT_macos_Vxxx_arm64.dmg package. The quardCRT_macos_Vxxx_x86_64.dmg package is built with x86_64, and the quardCRT_macos_Vxxx_arm64.dmg package is built with arm64. If you are using an Apple Silicon Mac, you should choose the quardCRT_macos_Vxxx_arm64.dmg package.

Install

You can install QuardCRT by double-clicking the package, and then follow the prompts to complete the installation.

1. Double-click the quardCRT icon.
2. Drag the quardCRT icon to the Applications folder.

Note: Because the pre-built binary packages we currently release are not officially signed by Apple, when you open the program for the first time, you maybe receive a warning message that the program is from an unidentified developer. If you trust our program, you may need to open terminal and run xattr -cr /Applications/quardCRT.app to remove the quarantine attribute. But if you don't trust our program, you shouldn't run it. You can choose to source compile the program by yourself.

Linux

If you are using Linux, you can download the quardCRT_Linux_Vxxx_x86_64.AppImage or quardCRT_Linux_Vxxx_x86_64.deb package. The quardCRT_Linux_Vxxx_x86_64.AppImage package is an AppImage package, and the quardCRT_Linux_Vxxx_x86_64.deb package is a deb package. You can choose the package according to your needs.

Install

• AppImage

The AppImage package is a portable package, you can run it directly without installation. You can run the following command to make it executable:

chmod +x quardCRT_Linux_Vxxx_x86_64.AppImage

• deb

You can install the deb package by double-clicking the package, and then follow the prompts to complete the installation.

1. Double-click the package.
2. Click Install Package.

3. Enter the password, and click Authenticate.
4. Click Close.

Or you can install the deb package by running the following command:

sudo dpkg -i quardCRT_Linux_Vxxx_x86_64.deb