Cli/guide/Installation
Install mwcli for Linux, Windows, or macOS using the instructions below.
If you are running Windows, please install mwcli in WSL as it has significantly better performance than Windows.[1] The following commands will only work in the WSL shell.
Alternatively, you can find binaries for most operating systems and CPU architectures on the releases page.
Download[edit]
Download the binary (version 0.20.0 as of this writing) by running the following commands, which include a checksum check:
MW_PLATFORM=$(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]') bash -c 'curl -s "https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/api/v4/projects/16/packages/generic/mwcli/v0.20.0/mw_v0.20.0_${MW_PLATFORM}_amd64" -o mw && curl -s "https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/api/v4/projects/16/packages/generic/mwcli/v0.20.0/mw_v0.20.0_${MW_PLATFORM}_amd64.sha256" -o mw.sha256 && echo $(cat mw.sha256 | tr -d '\n') " mw" > mw.sha256 && shasum -a 256 -c mw.sha256 && rm -v mw.sha256'
If successful, you'll see the following output:
mw: OK removed 'mw.sha256'
Install[edit]
# install the binary to '/usr/local/bin/mw' with the correct permissions
sudo install mw /usr/local/bin/mw
Update[edit]
Check your installation for available updates by running:
mw update
See Cli/guide/Update for more details.
Cleanup[edit]
After installing, delete the mw binary in your current working directory.
rm -v mw