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Mac OS Installation

Install via Homebrew​

Once you have the Homebrew package manager itself installed, you can install the latest Headlamp release by running the following command:

brew install --cask headlamp

Upgrading​

To upgrade Headlamp when it's installed via Homebrew, run:

brew upgrade headlamp

For more information on upgrading packages with Homebrew, including automatic updates, please read the official documentation.

Install via Github Releases​

For Mac OS we provide a .dmg file, so you need to download it from the releases page and then follow the below steps :

  1. Double click the downloaded file to make its content available (the name will show up in the Finder sidebar). Usually, a window opens showing the content as well.
  2. Drag the application from the DMG window into /Applications to install, and wait for the copy process to finish.

Once the installation process is completed you can find Headlamp as a desktop app in Applications directory.

Upgrading​

To upgrade Headlamp when it's installed directly via the releases page, you have to download any newer version and re-install it. There is no automatic upgrade.

If you install via brew it can manage upgrades for you.