d2/docs/INSTALL.md

install

You may install D2 through any of the following methods.

• install.sh
  • Security
• macOS (Homebrew)
• Standalone
  • Manual
  • PREFIX
• From source
• Coming soon

install.sh

The recommended and easiest way to install is with our install script, which will detect the OS and architecture you're on and use the best method:

# With --dry-run the install script will print the commands it will use
# to install without actually installing so you know what it's going to do.
curl -fsSL https://d2lang.com/install.sh | sh -s -- --dry-run
# If things look good, install for real.
curl -fsSL https://d2lang.com/install.sh | sh -s --

For help on the terminal run, including the supported package managers and detection methods:

curl -fsSL https://d2lang.com/install.sh | sh -s -- --help

Security

The install script is not the most secure way to install d2. We recommend that if possible, you use your OS's package manager directly or install from source with go as described below.

But this does not mean the install script is insecure. There is no major flaw that the install script is more vulnerable to than any other method of manual installation. The most secure installation method involves a second independent entity, i.e your OS package repos or Go's proxy server.

We're careful shell programmers and are aware of the many footguns of the unix shell. Our script was written carefully and with detail. For example, it is not vulnerable to partial execution and the entire script runs with set -eu and very meticulous quoting.

It follows the XDG standards, installs d2 properly into a unix hierarchy path (defaulting to /usr/local though you can use ~/.local to avoid sudo if you'd like) and allows for easy uninstall.

Some other niceties are that it'll tell you if you need to adjust $PATH or $MANPATH to access d2 and its manpages. It can also install TALA for you with --tala. You can also use it to install a specific version of d2 with --version. Run it with --help for more more detailed docs on its various options and features.

If you're still concerned, remember you can run with --dry-run to avoid executing anything permanent.

The install script does not yet verify any signature on the downloaded release but that is coming soon. #315

macOS (Homebrew)

If you're on macOS, you can install with brew.

brew tap terrastruct/d2
brew install d2

The install script above does this automatically if you have brew installed and are running it on macOS.

Standalone

We publish standalone release archives for every release on Github.

Here's a minimal example script that downloads a standalone release, extracts it into the current directory and then installs it. Adjust VERSION, OS, and ARCH as needed.

VERSION=v0.0.13 OS=macos ARCH=amd64 curl -fsSLO \
    "https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/releases/download/$VERSION/d2-$VERSION-$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz" \
    && tar -xzf "d2-$VERSION-$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz" \
    && make -sC "d2-$VERSION" install

To uninstall:

VERSION=v0.0.13 make -sC "d2-$VERSION" uninstall

Manual

You can also manually download the .tar.gz release for your OS/ARCH combination and then run the following inside the extracted directory to install:

make install

Run the following to uninstall:

make uninstall

PREFIX

You can control the Unix hierarchy installation path with PREFIX=. For example:

# Install under ~/.local.
# Binaries will be at ~/.local/bin
# And manpages will be under ~/.local/share/man
# And supporting data like icons and fonts at ~/.local/share/d2
make install PREFIX=$HOME/.local

The install script places the standalone release into $PREFIX/lib/d2/d2-<version> and we recommend doing the same with manually installed releases so that you know where the release directory is for easy uninstall.

warn: Our binary releases aren't fully static like normal Go binaries due to the C dependency on v8go for executing dagre. If you're on an older system with an old libc, you'll want to install from source.

From source

You can always install from source:

go install oss.terrastruct.com/d2@latest

To install a proper release from source clone the repository and then:

./ci/release/build.sh --install
# To uninstall:
# ./ci/release/build.sh --uninstall

Coming soon

• Docker image
• Windows install
• rpm and deb packages
  • with repositories and standalone
• homebrew core