Installation

Picoware provides Bash and PowerShell installer scripts to download any collection of scripts from the repository.

WARNING

On Windows, PowerShell will need to run as administrator if the --global flag is used. Additionally, the security policy must allow for running remote PowerShell scripts. If needed, the following command will update the security policy for the current user.

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser

Installers

The installer programs, from the following table, can be executed by piping them into Bash and PowerShell for Unix systems and Windows respectively. Additionally, the Nushell installer programs work on any platform.

Name	Description
cargo	Installs Cargo Rust package manager.
deno	Installs Deno JavaScript runtime.
jq	Installs Jq JSON parser.
just	Installs Just command runner.
nushell	Installs Nushell structured data shell.
rust-script	Installs Rust Script Rust script executor.
scripts	Installs programs from the following scripts table.
uv	Installs Uv Python package manager.

The following command installs Deno. To execute the other installers, replace deno with the installer name.

Bash

curl -LSfs https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/deno.sh | sh

PowerShell

& ([ScriptBlock]::Create((irm https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/deno.ps1)))

Nushell

http get https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/deno.nu | nu -c $"($in | decode); main"

To view usage options, run the following command.

Bash

curl -LSfs https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/deno.sh | sh -s -- --help

PowerShell

& ([ScriptBlock]::Create((irm https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/deno.ps1))) --help

Nushell

http get https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/deno.nu | nu -c $"($in | decode); main --help"

Scripts

The programs, from the following table, can be installed with the https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/scripts.sh for Unix systems and https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/scripts.ps1 for Windows.

Name	Description
caffeinate	Prevent system from sleeping during a program.
clear-cache	Remove package manager caches.
fdi	Interactive Fd searcher.
mlab	Wrapper script for running Matlab as a CLI.
rgi	Interactive Ripgrep searcher.
trsync	Rsync for one time remote connections.
tscp	SCP for one time remote connections.
tssh	SSH for one time remote connections.
vimu	Convenience script for QEMU and Virsh.

The following command will install the clear-cache and rgi scripts. Other scripts can be installed by replacing the program names.

Bash

curl -LSfs https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/scripts.sh | sh -s -- clear-cache rgi

PowerShell

& ([ScriptBlock]::Create((irm https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/scripts.ps1))) clear-cache rgi

Nushell

http get https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/scripts.nu | nu -c $"($in | decode); main clear-cache rgi"

To view usage options, run the following command.

Bash

curl -LSfs https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/scripts.sh | sh -s -- --help

PowerShell

& ([ScriptBlock]::Create((irm https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/scripts.ps1))) --help

Nushell

http get https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/scripts.nu | nu -c $"($in | decode); main --help"

Apps

The programs, from the following table, can be installed with the https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/apps.sh for Unix systems and https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/apps.ps1 for Windows.

WARNING

The following apps are demos with little functionality.

Name	Description
augraph	Audio plotting example application.
denoui	Example GUI application with Deno.
rustui	Example GUI application with Rust.

The following command will install the augraph and denoui apps. Other apps can be installed by replacing the program names.

Bash

curl -LSfs https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/apps.sh | sh -s -- augraph denoui

PowerShell

& ([ScriptBlock]::Create((irm https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/apps.ps1))) augraph denoui

Nushell

http get https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/apps.nu | nu -c $"($in | decode); main augraph denoui"

To view usage options, run the following command.

Bash

curl -LSfs https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/apps.sh | sh -s -- --help

PowerShell

& ([ScriptBlock]::Create((irm https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/apps.ps1))) --help

Nushell

http get https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/install/apps.nu | nu -c $"($in | decode); main --help"

Actions

The one-time usage programs, from the following table, can be executed by piping them into Bash and PowerShell for Unix systems and Windows respectively.

Name	Description
purge-snap	Remove all traces of the Snap package manager.
tmate-session	Install and run Tmate for CI pipelines.

The following command runs the Tmate Session script. To execute the other actions, replace tmate-session with the installer name.

Bash

curl -LSfs https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/action/tmate-session.sh | sh

PowerShell

& ([ScriptBlock]::Create((irm https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/action/tmate-session.ps1)))

To view usage options, run the following command.

Bash

curl -LSfs https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/action/tmate-session.sh | sh -s -- --help

PowerShell

& ([ScriptBlock]::Create((irm https://scruffaluff.github.io/picoware/action/tmate-session.ps1))) --help