Install the Solana Tool Suite
There are multiple ways to install the Solana tools on your computer depending on your preferred workflow:
Use Solana's Install Tool
MacOS & Linux
Open your favorite Terminal application
Install the Solana release v1.6.6 on your machine by running:
You can replace
v1.6.6
with the release tag matching the software version of your desired release, or use one of the three symbolic channel names:stable
,beta
, oredge
.The following output indicates a successful update:
- Depending on your system, the end of the installer messaging may prompt you to
- If you get the above message, copy and paste the recommended command below
it to update
PATH
- Confirm you have the desired version of
solana
installed by running:
- After a successful install,
solana-install update
may be used to easily update the Solana software to a newer version at any time.
Windows
Open a Command Prompt (
cmd.exe
) as an Administrator- Search for Command Prompt in the Windows search bar. When the Command Prompt app appears, right-click and select “Open as Administrator”. If you are prompted by a pop-up window asking “Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?”, click Yes.
Copy and paste the following command, then press Enter to download the Solana installer into a temporary directory:
- Copy and paste the following command, then press Enter to install the latest version of Solana. If you see a security pop-up by your system, please select to allow the program to run.
When the installer is finished, press Enter.
Close the command prompt window and re-open a new command prompt window as a normal user
- Search for "Command Prompt" in the search bar, then left click on the Command Prompt app icon, no need to run as Administrator)
Confirm you have the desired version of
solana
installed by entering:
- After a successful install,
solana-install update
may be used to easily update the Solana software to a newer version at any time.
Download Prebuilt Binaries
If you would rather not use solana-install
to manage the install, you can
manually download and install the binaries.
Linux
Download the binaries by navigating to https://github.com/solana-labs/solana/releases/latest, download solana-release-x86_64-unknown-linux-msvc.tar.bz2, then extract the archive:
MacOS
Download the binaries by navigating to https://github.com/solana-labs/solana/releases/latest, download solana-release-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.bz2, then extract the archive:
Windows
Download the binaries by navigating to https://github.com/solana-labs/solana/releases/latest, download solana-release-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.tar.bz2, then extract the archive using WinZip or similar.
Open a Command Prompt and navigate to the directory into which you extracted the binaries and run:
Build From Source
If you are unable to use the prebuilt binaries or prefer to build it yourself from source, navigate to https://github.com/solana-labs/solana/releases/latest, and download the Source Code archive. Extract the code and build the binaries with:
You can then run the following command to obtain the same result as with prebuilt binaries: