charmbracelet/glow Installation Guide

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Automated Install (Recommended)

Quick installation instructions for charmbracelet/glow. This is the fastest way to complete project installation and setup.

Install via curl

curl -fsSL https://hexmos.com/ipm-install | bash && 
ipm i charmbracelet/glow

Install via PowerShell

iwr https://hexmos.com/ipm-install-ps -UseBasicParsing | iex; 
ipm i charmbracelet/glow

Install via npx

npx @hexmos/ipm i charmbracelet/glow

Prerequisites

Go

build_tool

Version: >1.21

Python

language

Version: 3.8+

Git

system_tool

curl

system_tool

wget

system_tool

bash

system_tool

npm

package_manager

Version: 18.0.0

Manual Installation Methods

Package Manager

brew install glow

sudo port install glow

pacman -S glow

xbps-install -S glow

nix-shell -p glow --command glow

pkg install glow

eopkg install glow

choco install glow

scoop install glow

winget install charmbracelet.glow

pkg install glow

snap install glow

Go

go install github.com/charmbracelet/glow/v2@latest

Build (Requires Go 1.21+)

git clone https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow.git

cd glow

go build

RPM (Fedora/RHEL)

curl -fsSL https://repo.charm.sh/apt/gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/charm.gpg

sudo yum install glow

Debian/Ubuntu

sudo yum install glow

Post Installation Steps

Open your terminal and run `glow` to start the textual user interface.
Explore the available markdown files in your current directory using Glow's built-in pager. You can also use the command line to navigate through your local file system.
To format a document, use a markdown source as the primary argument: `glow README.md`
For more information on how to use Glow, run `glow --help` in your terminal.

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