Installation

Prerequisite: fzf is required for the TUI interface in the Carch scripts. Make sure it’s installed before using Carch.

How to use?

You can run or use Carch directly without installing it on your system.

Choose one of the following version to try Carch:

⭐ Stable Version

bash -c "$(curl -fsSL chalisehari.com.np/carch)"

🧪 Dev Version

bash -c "$(curl -fsSL chalisehari.com.np/carchdev)"

📦 PKGBUILD & RPM

We use PKGBUILD for Arch Linux and .rpm files for Fedora and openSUSE.

Arch Linux

git clone https://github.com/carch-org/pkgs ~/pkgs
cd ~/pkgs/carch-bin
makepkg -si

Fedora

sudo dnf install -y $(curl -sL https://api.github.com/repos/harilvfs/carch/releases/latest | grep browser_download_url | grep '\.rpm"' | cut -d '"' -f 4 | tee /tmp/carch.rpm)

openSUSE

sudo zypper install -y $(curl -sL https://api.github.com/repos/harilvfs/carch/releases/latest | grep browser_download_url | grep '\.rpm"' | cut -d '"' -f 4 | tee /tmp/carch.rpm)

📦 Cargo Crate

Carch is available on crates.io.

You can install it using Cargo with the carch crate.

cargo install carch

Once that’s done, you can run it by typing carch in your terminal.

🏗️ Manual Installation

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S --noconfirm rust man-db man git wget noto-fonts-emoji curl bash-completion ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols ttf-jetbrains-mono-nerd cargo fzf glibc gcc

Fedora Linux

sudo dnf install rust man-db man git wget google-noto-color-emoji-fonts google-noto-emoji-fonts jetbrains-mono-fonts-all bash-completion-devel curl cargo fzf glibc gcc -y

openSUSE

sudo zypper install -y rust man man-pages git wget google-noto-fonts google-noto-coloremoji-fonts jetbrains-mono-fonts  symbols-only-nerd-fonts bash-completion curl fzf glibc gcc

🔧 Clone and Build

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/harilvfs/carch
cd carch
cargo build --release
cd build/release/
sudo cp -r carch /usr/bin/

🔄 Update & Uninstall

Update

carch --update

Uninstall

carch --uninstall