# Install On Linux

## Install the Endless CLI on Linux <a href="#install-the-endless-cli-on-linux" id="install-the-endless-cli-on-linux"></a>

1. Go to the [Endless Release](https://github.com/endless-labs/endless-release/releases).
2. Download the appropriate zip file for your Ubuntu version.
3. Unzip the downloaded file.
4. Move the extracted Endless binary file, ie: `endless` into your preferred folder.
5. Open a terminal and navigate to your preferred folder.
6. Make `endless` an executable by running `chmod +x endless`.
7. Verify that this installed version works by running `endless --help`.
   1. You should see instructions for how to use all CLI commands. These can be helpful in the future when you are trying to understand how to use specific commands.
8. (Optional) It can be helpful to add the Endless CLI to a folder in your PATH, or to add it to your PATH directly. The steps to add a folder to your PATH are shell dependent.
   1. You can run `echo $SHELL` to print the default shell for your machine, then google specific steps to add a folder to your PATH for that shell.