Install Prebuilt Binaries

Previous Builds

If you have previously installed EOSIO from source using shell scripts, you must first run the Uninstall Script before installing any prebuilt binaries on the same OS.

Prebuilt Binaries

Prebuilt EOSIO software packages are available for the operating systems below. Find and follow the instructions for your OS:

Mac OS X:

Mac OS X Brew Install

brew tap eosio/eosio
brew install eosio

Mac OS X Brew Uninstall

brew remove eosio

Ubuntu Linux:

Ubuntu 18.04 Package Install

wget https://github.com/eosio/eos/releases/download/v2.2.0-rc1/eosio_2.2.0-rc1-ubuntu-18.04_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./eosio_2.2.0-rc1-ubuntu-18.04_amd64.deb

Ubuntu Package Uninstall

sudo apt remove eosio

RPM-based (CentOS, Amazon Linux, etc.):

RPM Package Install

wget https://github.com/eosio/eos/releases/download/v2.2.0-rc1/eosio-2.2.0-rc1.el7.x86_64.rpm
sudo yum install ./eosio-2.2.0-rc1.el7.x86_64.rpm

RPM Package Uninstall

sudo yum remove eosio

Location of EOSIO binaries

After installing the prebuilt packages, the actual EOSIO binaries will be located under:

  • /usr/opt/eosio/<version-string>/bin (Linux-based); or
  • /usr/local/Cellar/eosio/<version-string>/bin (MacOS)

where version-string is the EOSIO version that was installed.

Also, soft links for each EOSIO program (nodeos, cleos, keosd, etc.) will be created under usr/bin or usr/local/bin to allow them to be executed from any directory.

Previous Versions

To install previous versions of the EOSIO prebuilt binaries:

  1. Browse to https://github.com/EOSIO/eos/tags and select the actual version of the EOSIO software you need to install.
  2. Scroll down past the Release Notes and download the package or archive that you need for your OS.
  3. Follow the instructions on the first paragraph above to install the selected prebuilt binaries on the given OS.