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Binaries

To get the binary, download the latest release for your OS/Arch from {{% button href=https://github.com/go-acme/lego/releases" icon="download" %}}the release page{{% /button %}} and put the binary somewhere convenient.

lego does not assume anything about the location you run it from.

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From Docker

bash
docker run goacme/lego -h

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From package managers

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bash
pacman -S lego

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{{% /tab %}} {{% tab title="AUR" %}}

bash
yay -S lego-bin

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bash
sudo snap install lego

Note: The snap can only write to the /var/snap/lego/common/.lego directory.

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{{% /tab %}} {{% tab title="FreeBSD (Ports)" %}}

bash
pkg install lego

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You can enable GURU repository and then:

bash
emerge app-crypt/lego

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bash
brew install lego

or

bash
pkg install lego

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{{% /tab %}} {{% tab title="OpenBSD (Ports)" %}}

bash
pkg_add lego

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The lego maintainers are only maintaining the AUR and Snap packages, the other packages are community maintained.

From sources

Requirements:

  • go1.25+.

To install the latest version from sources, just run:

bash
go install github.com/go-acme/lego/v5@latest

or

bash
git clone [email protected]:go-acme/lego.git
cd lego
make        # tests + doc + build
make build  # only build