Installation

Canon ships as a single compiled binary named canon.

Debian/Ubuntu (APT)

curl -fsSL https://apply-the.github.io/packages/apt/gpg.key \
  | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/apply-the-archive-keyring.gpg

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/apply-the-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apply-the.github.io/packages/apt stable main" \
  | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/apply-the.list

sudo apt update
sudo apt install canon

Later updates:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade canon

macOS (Homebrew)

brew tap apply-the/canon && brew install canon

Later updates:

brew update
brew upgrade canon

Windows

Windows support is planned via Scoop and winget. For now, you can build from source.

Other Options

• GitHub Release (.deb fallback): Download .deb files directly from the Releases page.
• Source install fallback (requires Rust): Run cargo install --path . from the repository root.

Verify Installation

Verify canon was installed correctly:

canon --version