Symly is available through different package managers for Linux and macOS
DEB: Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, …
sudo apt install software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa:loicrouchon/symly sudo apt update sudo apt install symly
RPM: Fedora
sudo dnf install 'dnf-command(copr)' sudo dnf copr enable loicrouchon/symly sudo dnf install symly
Homebrew (macOS/Linux)
brew install loicrouchon/symly/symly
If your package manager is not supported, you can take a look at the alternative installation options below:
Manual download
Artifacts can also be downloaded manually from GitHub.
The following artifacts are available:
-
Jar application with a bootstrap script. Requires JVM 17+
-
.deb
and.rpm
packages.
Build
The last option is to build symly from source. More details are available on the build instructions page.
Now that symly is installed, it is time to take a look at the key concepts behind it.