Installation
============

Download *mock*
---------------

The easiest installation method is simply downloading *mock*\ ’s
executable file. It’s built as a standalone program with no
dependencies, so just choose one of the supported OSs and start using
it, or check the releases page where you’ll find other download formats
available:

-  `Download mock for Linux <https://github.com/dhuan/mock/releases/download/v1.4.7/mock_v1.4.7_linux-386.tar.gz>`__
-  `Download mock for MacOS <https://github.com/dhuan/mock/releases/download/v1.4.7/mock_v1.4.7_darwin-amd64.tar.gz>`__
-  `Releases <https://github.com/dhuan/mock/releases>`__

Or, here’s a few lines of shell for quickly installing it:

.. code:: sh

   $ wget -O mock.tgz https://github.com/dhuan/mock/releases/download/v1.4.7/mock_v1.4.7_linux-386.tar.gz
   $ tar xzvf mock.tgz
   $ ./mock version

Install through source code
---------------------------

Before proceeding make sure that your system has the following programs
installed:

-  Golang 1.18 or more recent
-  GNU Make
-  Git

Clone *mock*\ ’s source code:

::

   $ git clone https://github.com/dhuan/mock

Move into the new folder where *mock* was cloned run the make command
for building the program:

::

   $ make build

If executed successfully, the *mock* executable file should’ve been
created inside the ``bin`` folder from the root repository path.

::

   $ ./bin/mock version