Install the notation CLI
Download and install the CLI for Linux
Homebrew
Download the latest stable release of the notation CLI on Linux using Homebrew:
brew install notation
Binary download
Download the latest stable release of the notation CLI binary for Linux and checksum file, then verify the integrity of the download.
Set the NOTATION_VERSION environment variable to the version of notation you want to download. The latest version is 1.2.0.
export NOTATION_VERSION=1.2.0
For ARM processors:
curl -LO https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/releases/download/v$NOTATION_VERSION/notation_$NOTATION_VERSION\_linux_arm64.tar.gz
curl -LO https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/releases/download/v$NOTATION_VERSION/notation_$NOTATION_VERSION\_checksums.txt
shasum --check notation_$NOTATION_VERSION\_checksums.txt
For x86 processors:
curl -LO https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/releases/download/v$NOTATION_VERSION/notation_$NOTATION_VERSION\_linux_amd64.tar.gz
curl -LO https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/releases/download/v$NOTATION_VERSION/notation_$NOTATION_VERSION\_checksums.txt
shasum --check notation_$NOTATION_VERSION\_checksums.txt
Confirm the shasum command succeeds for the archive file you downloaded. For example, the following shows a successful checksum verification for the notation_1.2.0_linux_arm64.tar.gz archive file:
...
shasum: notation_1.2.0_windows_amd64.zip: No such file or directory
notation_1.2.0_windows_amd64.zip: FAILED open or read
shasum: notation_1.2.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz: No such file or directory
notation_1.2.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz: FAILED open or read
notation_1.2.0_linux_arm64.tar.gz: OK
shasum: notation_1.2.0_darwin_amd64.tar.gz: No such file or directory
notation_1.2.0_darwin_amd64.tar.gz: FAILED open or read
shasum: notation_1.2.0_darwin_arm64.tar.gz: No such file or directory
notation_1.2.0_darwin_arm64.tar.gz: FAILED open or read
shasum: WARNING: 4 listed files could not be read
...
Expand the archive file directly into /usr/bin/:
tar xvzf <ARCHIVE_FILE> -C /usr/bin/ notation
Alternatively, you can expand the archive file to a different directory and add it to your path. For example, the following command expands the archive file to <EXAMPLE_PATH>/notation-cli/ and adds it to your path using the PATH variable in ~/.bashrc.
tar xvzf <ARCHIVE_FILE> -C <EXAMPLE_PATH>/notation-cli/ notation
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:<EXAMPLE_PATH>/notation-cli/"' >> ~/.bashrc
Download and install the CLI for macOS
Homebrew
Download the latest stable release of the notation CLI on macOS using Homebrew:
brew install notation
Binary download
Download the latest stable release of the notation CLI binary for macOS and checksum file, then verify the integrity of the download.
Set the NOTATION_VERSION environment variable to the version of notation you want to download. The latest version is 1.2.0.
export NOTATION_VERSION=1.2.0
For Apple Silicon processors:
curl -LO https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/releases/download/v$NOTATION_VERSION/notation_$NOTATION_VERSION\_darwin_arm64.tar.gz
curl -LO https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/releases/download/v$NOTATION_VERSION/notation_$NOTATION_VERSION\_checksums.txt
shasum --check notation_$NOTATION_VERSION\_checksums.txt
For Intel processors:
curl -LO https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/releases/download/v$NOTATION_VERSION/notation_$NOTATION_VERSION\_darwin_amd64.tar.gz
curl -LO https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/releases/download/v$NOTATION_VERSION/notation_$NOTATION_VERSION\_checksums.txt
shasum --check notation_$NOTATION_VERSION\_checksums.txt
Confirm the shasum command succeeds for the archive file you downloaded. For example, the following shows a successful checksum verification for the notation_1.2.0_darwin_amd64.tar.gz archive file:
...
shasum: notation_1.2.0_windows_amd64.zip: No such file or directory
notation_1.2.0_windows_amd64.zip: FAILED open or read
shasum: notation_1.2.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz: No such file or directory
notation_1.2.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz: FAILED open or read
shasum: notation_1.2.0_linux_arm64.tar.gz: No such file or directory
notation_1.2.0_linux_arm64.tar.gz: FAILED open or read
notation_1.2.0_darwin_amd64.tar.gz: OK
shasum: notation_1.2.0_darwin_arm64.tar.gz: No such file or directory
notation_1.2.0_darwin_arm64.tar.gz: FAILED open or read
shasum: WARNING: 4 listed files could not be read
...
Expand the archive file directly into /usr/local/bin:
sudo tar xvzf <ARCHIVE_FILE> -C /usr/local/bin/ notation
Alternatively, you can expand the archive file to a different directory and add it to your path. For example, the following command expands the archive file to <EXAMPLE_PATH>/notation-cli/ and adds it to your path using the PATH variable in ~/.zshhrc.
tar xvzf <ARCHIVE_FILE> -C <EXAMPLE_PATH>/notation-cli/ notation
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:<EXAMPLE_PATH>/notation-cli/"' >> ~/.zshrc
Download and install the CLI for Windows
WinGet
Download the latest stable release of the notation CLI on Windows using WinGet (Windows package manager):
winget install notation -s winget
.exe download
Download the latest stable release of the notation CLI binary for Windows and checksum file:
Use the Get-FileHash command in powershell to generate the hash of the archive file.
(Get-FileHash .\notation_1.2.0_windows_amd64.zip).Hash
Compare the results of the command with the value in the checksum file. The two values should match.
Expand the archive file and add notation.exe to %ProgramFiles%/notation/bin
Alternatively, you can expand the archive file to a different directory and add it to your path.
Additional configuration
Important
notation automatically creates the NOTATION_CONFIG directory if it does not exist.
For more on the NOTATION_CONFIG directory and configuring your environment with notation see: