Install zboxcli

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Harshit Mehndiratta edited this page Nov 1, 2023 · 20 revisions

Get started with zboxcli quickly with the installation steps described below.

Linux Installation

Download the latest linux zboxcli archive release from here.
Open terminal and extract the downloaded archive to a specified directory using the command below.

sudo tar -xzf zbox-linux.tar.gz --directory /usr/local/bin

Navigate to the extracted directory path;

cd /usr/local/bin

Run the zbox executable type by using the command below.

./zbox

On successful installation you will see a help section similar to response below:

zbox is a decentralized storage application written on the 0Chain platform.                    

Usage:
  zbox [command]

Available Commands:
  add                Adds free storage assigner
  alloc-cancel       Cancel an allocation

Windows Installation

Download the latest windows zboxcli archive release from here.
Extract the executable and dll files from the archive zbox-windows.zip
Now run the executable zbox.exe in windows command prompt or powershell.
On successful installation, you will see a help section similar to response below:

zbox is a decentralized storage application written on the 0Chain platform.
                        

Usage:
  zbox [command]

Available Commands:
  add                Adds free storage assigner
  alloc-cancel       Cancel an allocation
  alloc-fini         Finalize an expired allocation

macOS Installation

Download the latest mac zboxcli archive release from here.
Open terminal and extract the downloaded archive to a specified directory using the commands below:

sudo tar -xzf zbox-macos.tar.gz --directory /usr/local/bin

Navigate to extracted directory path .

cd /usr/local/bin

Run the zbox executable using the command below.

./zbox

On successful installation you will see a help section :

zbox is a decentralized storage application written on the 0Chain platform.
                        Complete documentation is available at https://docs.0chain.net/0chain/

Usage:
  zbox [command]

Available Commands:
  add                Adds free storage assigner
  alloc-cancel       Cancel an allocation
  alloc-fini         Finalize an expired allocation