---
title: Installation
description: Install the minipaw command-line tool with the install script or with cargo, then check that the minipaw binary is on your PATH.
---

```sh
curl -fsSL https://paw.minip2p.com/install.sh | sh
```

The script downloads the `minipaw` binary for Linux or macOS (x64 or arm64)
from the [latest release](https://github.com/deepso7/minipaw/releases/latest),
checks it against the release's checksums, and installs it into
`~/.local/bin`. Two environment variables change that:

- `MINIPAW_VERSION` installs another version, e.g. `MINIPAW_VERSION=0.1.0`.
- `MINIPAW_INSTALL` installs into another directory.

## With cargo

On other platforms, or to build from source:

```sh
cargo install minipaw-cli
```

This installs the `minipaw` binary. Check it with `minipaw --help`.