lego/docs/content/installation/_index.md

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Installation	2019-03-03T16:39:46+01:00	1	false

Binaries

To get the binary just download the latest release for your OS/Arch from the release page and put the binary somewhere convenient. lego does not assume anything about the location you run it from.

From Docker

docker run goacme/lego -h

From package managers

• ArchLinux (official):

  pacman -S lego
  

• ArchLinux (AUR) (official):

  yay -S lego-bin
  

• Snap (official):

  sudo snap install lego
  

  Note: The snap can only write to the /var/snap/lego/common/.lego directory.

• FreeBSD (Ports) (unofficial):

  cd /usr/ports/security/lego && make install clean
  

• Gentoo (unofficial):

  You can enable GURU repository and then:

  emerge app-crypt/lego
  

• Homebrew (unofficial):

  brew install lego
  

  or

  pkg install lego
  

From sources

Requirements:

• go1.22+.
• environment variable: GO111MODULE=on

To install the latest version from sources, just run:

go install github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/cmd/lego@latest

or

git clone git@github.com:go-acme/lego.git
cd lego
make        # tests + doc + build
make build  # only build