Installing Pelican
Linux Standalone Binary

Install Pelican as a standalone binary on Linux

This document explains how to install Pelican on a Linux operating system as a standalone binary.

Download Pelican Binary

  1. Navigate to Pelican download page and select the Pelican standalone binary you want to install.

  2. In Operating System section, select Linux. In Architectures section, select X86_64 or AMR64 depending on the architecture of your machine.

  3. In the list of candidates, copy the link to pelican_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz if you select X86_64, or pelican_Linux_arm64.tar.gz if you select ARM64.

  4. Change the following command with the link to the binary you copied in the previous step and run the command

    wget <replace-with-the-link-you-copied>
tar -zxvf pelican_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz # x86_64 user

    Note: You need to replace pelican_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz with pelican_Linux_arm64.tar.gz if you are running an ARM64 machine.

    Example to install Pelican standalone binary on an X86_64 machine:

    wget https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/releases/download/v7.5.8/pelican_Linux_arm64.tar.gz
tar -zxvf pelican_Linux_arm64.tar.gz

Add Pelican Binary to PATH

The above command extracted the binary from the tar file. You may run the binary in the current folder, but it is recommended that you add Pelican binary to your PATH environment variable to allow pelican to be called directly from your command line.

Run Pelican binary from the downloaded folder:

$ cd pelican_Linux_arm64 # Go to the binary folder
$ ./pelican --version # Run Pelican binary
 
Version: 7.5.8
Build Date: 2024-03-01T18:13:00Z
Build Commit: d260a07d3b057d19b7fdd36125f91a8768531258
Built By: goreleaser

Add Pelican binary to your PATH for the current terminal

$ cd pelican_Linux_arm64 # Go to the binary folder
$ export PATH="$PWD:$PATH" # Add current folder to the PATH
$ pelican --version # Run Pelican binary
 
Version: 7.5.8
Build Date: 2024-03-01T18:13:00Z
Build Commit: d260a07d3b057d19b7fdd36125f91a8768531258
Built By: goreleaser

Add Pelican binary to your PATH permanently

$ cd pelican_Linux_arm64 # Go to the binary folder
$ echo "export PATH=$PWD:\$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc # Add the current folder to your .bashrc file
$ source ~/.bashrc # Apply the change
$ pelican --version # Run Pelican binary
 
Version: 7.5.8
Build Date: 2024-03-01T18:13:00Z
Build Commit: d260a07d3b057d19b7fdd36125f91a8768531258
Built By: goreleaser

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