DRA Download Release Assetsλ︎

A command line tool to download release assets from GitHub, without the need for GitHub authentication.

DRA can download and install the latest release for the current operating system.

Practicalli dotfiles includes Debian Linux post install scripts which use DRA to install the latest versions of tools that are not part of the official Debian package repositories.

Install ScriptPracticalli Script

DRA install to $HOME/.local/bin

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/devmatteini/dra/refs/heads/main/install.sh | bash -s -- --to $HOME/.local/bin

NOTE: review script before installing locally.

A script to install DRA globally (/usr/local/bin) and generate shell (bash or zsh) completions.

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Instal DRA via its own install script,
# which can also be used to update DRA.
#
# DRA cannot replace itself as running binaries can not be altered

echo
echo "# ---------------------------------------"
echo "DRA - Download Release Assests from GitHub"
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/devmatteini/dra/refs/heads/main/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- --to /usr/local/bin

# Generate shell command completion
if [[ $SHELL == "/bin/bash" ]]; then
  mkdir -p ~/.local/share/bash-completion/completions/
  dra completion bash >~/.local/share/bash-completion/completions/dra

elif [[ $SHELL == "/usr/bin/zsh" ]]; then
  mkdir -p ~/.local/share/zsh-completion
  dra completion zsh >~/.local/share/zsh-completion/_dra
else
  echo "Unknown SHELL, Ripgrep completions will not be generated"
  exit
fi

echo
echo "Dra version: $(dra --version)"
echo "# ---------------------------------------"
echo