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+++ title="Pack" aliases=[ "/docs/install-pack/", "/docs/tools/pack/", "/docs/tools/pack/cli/install/" ] weight=1 +++

Pack is a CLI tool maintained by the CNB project to support the use of buildpacks.

It enables the following functionality:

1. build an application using buildpacks.
2. rebase application images created using buildpacks.
3. Creation of various components used within the ecosystem.

Pack works as both a Command Line Interface (CLI) and a Go library.

pack CLI

Install

You can install the most recent version of the pack CLI (version {{< pack-version >}}) on the following operating systems:

{{< pack-install >}}

RCs

Prior to publishing releases, we publish RC (release candidate) builds of pack. You can install those by downloading the releases from the releases page on GitHub.

Auto-completion

pack supports shell completions for the following shells -

• bash
• fish
• zsh

To configure your bash shell to load completions for each session, add the following to your .bashrc or .bash_profile:

. $(pack completion)

To configure your fish shell to load completions for each session, add the following to your ~/.config/fish/config.fish:

source (pack completion --shell fish)

To configure your zsh shell to load completions for each session, add the following to your .zshrc:

. $(pack completion --shell zsh)

References

• Docs
• Source

Go library

Install

go get -u github.com/buildpacks/pack    

References

• Docs
• Source