pal — Install

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Homebrew

macOS

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Pre-built Binary

Download a static binary for Linux or Windows. No build tools needed.

Linux · Windows

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RPM Package

Native RPM for RHEL 9 / AlmaLinux 9 / Rocky Linux 9.

RHEL 9

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Build from Source

Requires Go 1.21+. Works on any platform Go supports.

Any platform

🍺 Homebrew

Recommended for macOS. Works on both Apple Silicon (arm64) and Intel (amd64). Installs the correct pre-built binary automatically.

install

$ brew install binRick/tap/pal

or tap first, then install

$ brew tap binRick/tap
$ brew install pal

upgrade later

$ brew upgrade pal

⬇️ Pre-built Binary

Fully static binaries — no libc, no runtime dependencies. Download, make executable, run. Available for Linux (amd64 & arm64) and Windows (amd64).

Linux — amd64 (x86-64)

$ curl -fsSL https://github.com/binRick/pal/releases/latest/download/pal-linux-amd64 -o pal
$ chmod +x pal && sudo mv pal /usr/local/bin/

Linux — arm64 (Raspberry Pi, AWS Graviton, etc.)

$ curl -fsSL https://github.com/binRick/pal/releases/latest/download/pal-linux-arm64 -o pal
$ chmod +x pal && sudo mv pal /usr/local/bin/

Windows — amd64 (PowerShell)

> Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://github.com/binRick/pal/releases/latest/download/pal-windows-amd64.exe -OutFile pal.exe

📦 RPM Package (RHEL 9)

Compatible with RHEL 9, AlmaLinux 9, Rocky Linux 9, and any RHEL9-based distro. Built natively inside an AlmaLinux 9 container via GitHub Actions.

download and install

# download the latest RPM
$ curl -fsSL https://github.com/binRick/pal/releases/latest/download/pal-$(rpm -q --queryformat '%{VERSION}' rpm).x86_64.rpm -o pal.rpm

# or browse releases and grab the .rpm directly
$ sudo rpm -ivh pal-*.rpm

# verify
$ pal list | wc -l
420

🐹 Build from Source

Requires Go 1.21+. Check with go version. Produces a native binary for your current platform.

build from source

$ git clone https://github.com/binRick/pal && cd pal
$ go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w" -o pal .
$ sudo mv pal /usr/local/bin/

static Linux binary via Docker (no Go required)

$ ./build.sh && sudo mv pal /usr/local/bin/

See Building for full details on the Docker static build and cross-compilation.

📦 Install