adding how to download IPFS with IPFS
Adding instructions for downloading IPFS builds with IPFS License: MIT Signed-off-by: John Reed <john@re2d.xyz>
John Reed committed
Nov 14, 2017 at 13:48 UTC
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@@ -164,10 +164,33 @@ If you make changes to the protocol buffers, you will need to install the [proto
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### Updating
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+#### Updating using ipfs-update
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IPFS has an updating tool that can be accessed through `ipfs update`. The tool is
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not installed alongside IPFS in order to keep that logic independent of the main
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codebase. To install `ipfs update`, [download it here](https://ipfs.io/ipns/dist.ipfs.io/#ipfs-update).
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+#### Downloading IPFS builds using IPFS
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+List the available versions of go-ipfs:
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+```
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+$ ipfs cat /ipns/dist.ipfs.io/go-ipfs/versions
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+```
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+Then, to view available builds for a version from the previous command ($VERSION):
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+```
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+$ ipfs ls /ipns/dist.ipfs.io/go-ipfs/$VERSION
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+```
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+To download a given build of a version:
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+```
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+$ ipfs get /ipns/dist.ipfs.io/go-ipfs/$VERSION/go-ipfs_$VERSION_darwin-386.tar.gz # darwin 32-bit build
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+$ ipfs get /ipns/dist.ipfs.io/go-ipfs/$VERSION/go-ipfs_$VERSION_darwin-amd64.tar.gz # darwin 64-bit build
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+$ ipfs get /ipns/dist.ipfs.io/go-ipfs/$VERSION/go-ipfs_$VERSION_freebsd-amd64.tar.gz # freebsd 64-bit build
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+$ ipfs get /ipns/dist.ipfs.io/go-ipfs/$VERSION/go-ipfs_$VERSION_linux-386.tar.gz # linux 32-bit build
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+$ ipfs get /ipns/dist.ipfs.io/go-ipfs/$VERSION/go-ipfs_$VERSION_linux-amd64.tar.gz # linux 64-bit build
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+$ ipfs get /ipns/dist.ipfs.io/go-ipfs/$VERSION/go-ipfs_$VERSION_linux-arm.tar.gz # linux arm build
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+$ ipfs get /ipns/dist.ipfs.io/go-ipfs/$VERSION/go-ipfs_$VERSION_windows-amd64.zip # windows 64-bit build
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+```
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## Usage
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```