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Besides installers, you can have other options to install the {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}} CLI:

• Install from shell
• Download binary package and install to a custom directory

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Copy and paste the following command to a terminal of your Mac OS and run it:

curl -fsSL https://clis.ng.bluemix.net/install/osx | sh

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Copy and paste the following command to a terminal of your Linux OS and run it:

curl -fsSL https://clis.ng.bluemix.net/install/linux | sh

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Copy and paste the following command into a Windows PowerShell{: new_window} terminal console and run it:

iex(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://clis.ng.bluemix.net/install/powershell')

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When you use installers or a shell script to install the {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}} CLI, the binaries will go to your system directories. If you want to specify a different directory, use the following steps.

1. Download the binaries.

   Use the following links and download the binary package based on your OS.

   Platform	Downloads	checksum
   macOS	tgz	sha1sums
   linux32	tgz	sha1sums
   linux64	tgz	sha1sums
   ppc64le	tgz	sha1sums
   win32	zip	sha1sums
   win64	zip	sha1sums

2. Extract the package to a directory that you specify.

   After extracting the package, the content will look like the following:

   For Linux and MacOS

   IBM_Cloud_CLI
   ├── LICENSE
   ├── NOTICE
   ├── autocomplete
   │   ├── bash_autocomplete
   │   └── zsh_autocomplete
   ├── cfcli
   │   └── cf
   ├── ibmcloud
   └── ibmcloud-analytics
   

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   For Windows

   IBM_Cloud_CLI
   ├── LICENSE
   ├── NOTICE
   ├── cfcli
   │   └── cf.exe
   ├── ibmcloud-analytics.exe
   └── ibmcloud.exe
   

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3. Add to the PATH environment variable and enable shell autocompletion.

   • Add the {YOUR_DIRECTORY}/IBM_CLOUD_CLI to the PATH environment variable.
   • For shell autocompletion support (MacOS and Linux only), refer to this guide.