Installing Rad

Learn how to install Rad on different platforms and environments.

Official Installation Methods

The fastest way to install Rad on macOS or Linux is using our official installation script:

terminal

→curl -LsSf https://radgems.dev/rad/install.sh | sh

🔄 Downloading Rad installer...

📦 Installing Rad v0.1.0...

✅ Rad has been installed successfully!

💡 Run 'rad --help' to get started.

This script will detect your system architecture and install the appropriate version.

Building from Source

If you prefer to build Rad from source, you'll need to have Rust and Cargo installed. If you don't have them, you can install them using rustup.

terminal

→git clone https://github.com/pixelatedmystic/rad.git

Cloning into 'rad'...

remote: Enumerating objects: 8452, done.

remote: Counting objects: 100% (1692/1692), done.

remote: Compressing objects: 100% (845/845), done.

remote: Total 8452 (delta 1023), reused 1342 (delta 812), pack-reused 6760

Receiving objects: 100% (8452/8452), 3.42 MiB | 5.12 MiB/s, done.

Resolving deltas: 100% (5028/5028), done.

terminal

→cd rad && cargo build --release

Updating crates.io index

Downloaded 243 crates, installed components for 12 crates...

Compiling libc v0.2.147

Compiling memchr v2.5.0

...

Compiling rad v0.1.0 (/Users/dev/rad)

Finished release [optimized] target(s) in 1m 45s

Binary available at ./target/release/rad

terminal

→cp ./target/release/rad /usr/local/bin/

# Copy the binary to a location in your PATH

Verifying Your Installation

After installation, verify that Rad is installed correctly by checking its version:

terminal

→rad version

📦 Rad version: 0.1.0

🚀 The modern dependency manager for Ruby

Using Rad with Ruby Version Managers

Rad works seamlessly with popular Ruby version managers like RVM, rbenv, and asdf. No additional configuration is required.

System Requirements

Rad has minimal system requirements and should run on most systems that can run Ruby:

Operating Systems: macOS 10.13+, Windows 10+, Linux (glibc 2.17+ or musl)
Architectures: x86_64, aarch64 (Apple Silicon), i686, armv7
Disk Space: ~10 MB for the Rad binary
Ruby: Compatible with all Ruby versions from 2.0.0+

Next Steps

Now that you have Rad installed, learn how to use it with our Getting Started guide, or check out our Command Reference to explore all available commands.