⚡ Installing Vet

Here you can find different ways of installing vet. It covers various platforms, various architectures and the package managers.

Install Official GitHub Release Binary

• Download the binary file for your operating system/architecture from the Official GitHub Releases

The version given in the documentation may be older than actually released versions

Linux

curl -L https://github.com/safedep/vet/releases/download/v1.6.0/vet_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz -o vet.tar.gz

Mac M1/M2

curl -L https://github.com/safedep/vet/releases/download/v1.6.0/vet_Darwin_arm64.tar.gz -o vet.tar.gz

Mac Intel

curl -L https://github.com/safedep/vet/releases/download/v1.6.0/vet_Darwin_x86_64.tar.gz -o vet.tar.gz

Windows

go install github.com/safedep/vet@latest

• Unpack the downloaded archive using the following command tar -xvzf vet.tar.gz
• Make sure the binary has execution bit turned on chmod +x ./vet
• Move the binary in your system $PATH mv ./vet /usr/local/bin/

tip

• You can also verify the checksum using the checksum.txt
• SLSA Provenance is published along with each binary release.

Install using go get

note

Ensure $(go env GOPATH)/bin is in your $PATH

go install github.com/safedep/vet@latest

Install using Container Image

• You can pull the vet official container image using docker pull ghcr.io/safedep/vet:latest
• For scanning using vet container us the following command. Make sure to replace the yourcode-in-host with your local code directory which needs to be scanned

docker run --rm -it -v yourcode-in-host:/code ghcr.io/safedep/vet scan -D /code

Install using Package Manager

Homebrew

• You can install vet using homebrew for MacOS and Linux

brew tap safedep/tap
brew install safedep/tap/vet

• You can upgrade vet using homebrew for MacOS and Linux

brew update
brew upgrade safedep/tap/vet

Install from source

• You can install the vet from the source by cloning the official repository and building locally

git clone --depth 1 --branch main https://github.com/safedep/vet
cd vet
go install