Installing Pelican
Windows

Install Pelican on Windows

This document explains how to install Pelican on Windows.

Install Pelican as a standalone binary

Pelican provides a binary file instead of a MSI installer for Windows. You need to download and extract the binary and add the binary to your PATH environment variable.

  1. Navigate to Pelican download page and select the Pelican Windows binary.

  2. In the Operating System section, select Windows. Download the file pelican_Windows_x86_64.zip to your computer.

  3. Using Windows Explorer, navigate to folder containing the downloaded .zip file and extract it.

  4. You may run the binary in the extracted folder, but it is recommended that you add Pelican binary to your PATH environment variable to allow pelican to be called directly from your PowerShell. To run Pelican binary from the extracted folder, do the following in PowerShell (opens in a new tab):

    rem Go to the downloaded Pelican folder
$ cd D:\Downloads\pelican_Windows_x86_64
 
rem Run Pelican binary
$ pelican.exe --version
 
Version: 7.5.8
Build Date: 2024-03-01T18:13:00Z
Build Commit: d260a07d3b057d19b7fdd36125f91a8768531258
Built By: goreleaser

Add Pelican binary to your PATH

  • Add Pelican binary to your PATH for the current PowerShell (opens in a new tab)

    rem Go to the binary folder
$ cd pelican_Linux_arm64
 
rem Add current folder to the PATH environment variable
$ $env:PATH += ";$(Get-Location)"
 
rem Run Pelican binary
$ pelican --version
 
Version: 7.5.8
Build Date: 2024-03-01T18:13:00Z
Build Commit: d260a07d3b057d19b7fdd36125f91a8768531258
Built By: goreleaser

  • Add Pelican binary to your PATH permanently

    1. Open System Properties:

      • Press Win + R, type sysdm.cpl, and press Enter.

    2. Access Environment Variables:

      • In the System Properties window, go to the Advanced tab.
      • Click on the Environment Variables button.

    3. Edit the PATH Variable:

      • In the Environment Variables window, under the System variables section, scroll down and find the Path variable, then select it and click Edit.
      • In the Edit Environment Variable window, click New and add the path to the directory containing pelican.exe (e.g., C:\path\to\directory).
      • Click OK to close all windows.

    4. Verify Pelican is added to PATH

      • In a new PowerShell window, run the following command:

        rem Run Pelican binary
$ pelican --version
 
Version: 7.5.8
Build Date: 2024-03-01T18:13:00Z
Build Commit: d260a07d3b057d19b7fdd36125f91a8768531258
Built By: goreleaser

Next steps

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