Manage your SIFT Installation
Usage:
sift [options] list-upgrades [--pre-release]
sift [options] install [--pre-release] [--version=<version>] [--mode=<mode>] [--user=<user>]
sift [options] update [--mode=<mode>]
sift [options] upgrade [--pre-release] [--mode=<mode>]
sift [options] self-upgrade [--pre-release]
sift [options] version
sift [options] debug
sift -h | --help | -v
Options:
--dev Developer Mode (do not use, dangerous, bypasses checks)
--version=<version> Specific version install [default: latest]
--mode=<mode> SIFT Install Mode (desktop, server, complete (legacy) or packages-only (legacy)) [default: desktop]
--user=<user> User used for SIFT config [default: ${currentUser}]
--no-cache Ignore the cache, always download the release files
--verbose Display verbose logging
Open issues over at the main SIFT Repository, prefix all issues with [CLI]
- Go to the Latest Releases
- Download all the release files
- sift-cli-linux
- sift-cli-linux.sig
- sift-cli.pub
- Install cosign
- Validate the signature
cosign verify-blob --key sift-cli.pub --signature sift-cli-linux.sig sift-cli-linux
- Move the file to
sudo mv sift-cli-linux /usr/local/bin/sift
- Run
chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/sift
- Type
sift --help
to see its usage
sift install
Note: Server mode only installs tools and packages, it does not do any modifications that would normally appear on the desktop.
sift install --mode=server
sift install v2019.11.0
This just makes sure the current version is up-to-date
sift update
sift upgrade