Acquia CLI
Acquia CLI installation
Acquia CLI requires PHP 8.0 or later, with the PHP-JSON and PHP-PHAR extensions enabled. If you use PHP 7.4, follow the instructions to download earlier releases.
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Acquia CLI is distributed as a standalone Phar archive. Do not install Acquia CLI using Composer, as it might create dependency conflicts.
After you install Acquia CLI, proceed to Getting started with Acquia CLI.
After installing Acquia CLI, proceed to Getting started with Acquia CLI.
To enable a larger audience to test new features, Acquia sometimes publishes unstable releases, such as alpha or beta.
Preview releases may contain critical bugs. Use them at your own risk.
To allow Acquia CLI to download unstable releases, run the following command:
Acquia CLI$ acli self-update --preview
Downloading Acquia CLI (acquia/cli) 1.30.0-beta1
Download finished
Successfully updated acliTo revert Acquia CLI to download stable releases only, run the following command:
$ acli self-update --stable
Downloading Acquia CLI (acquia/cli) 1.30.0
Download finished
Successfully updated acliAcquia recommends you to install Acquia CLI 2.x. It is the latest supported version and receives frequent feature updates. Acquia CLI 2.x requires PHP 8. If you use PHP 7, you can install Acquia CLI 1.x, which is minimally supported.
To install Acquia CLI 1.x, follow the earlier steps after replacing the download URL with the latest 1.x release:
curl -OL https://github.com/acquia/cli/releases/download/1.30.1/acli.pharAcquia does not recommend installing Acquia CLI 1.x.
Open Terminal and type the following commands to automatically install Acquia CLI. Remember to press Enter to execute each command.
Download Acquia CLI:
curl -OL https://github.com/acquia/cli/releases/latest/download/acli.pharMake the file executable:
chmod +x acli.pharRename the file and move it to a location that is globally accessible. This step allows you to type acli from anywhere on your system. If the following command fails, prefix it with sudo. When the system prompts for a password, enter your password.
mv acli.phar /usr/local/bin/acliacli from anywhere on your system to view the installed version of Acquia CLI and a list of commands. If you see the Class 'Phar' not found error, ensure that the PHP-PHAR extension is enabled.Acquia CLI warns you if any other runtime requirements are not met. Follow the instructions provided by the error messages.
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Open Terminal and type the following commands to automatically install Acquia CLI. Remember to press Enter to execute each command.
Download Acquia CLI:
curl -OL https://github.com/acquia/cli/releases/latest/download/acli.pharMake the file executable:
chmod +x acli.pharRename the file and move it to a location that is globally accessible. This step allows you to type acli from anywhere on your system. If the following command fails, prefix it with sudo. When the system prompts for a password, enter your password.
mv acli.phar /usr/local/bin/acliacli from anywhere on your system to view the installed version of Acquia CLI and a list of commands. If you see the Class 'Phar' not found error, ensure that the PHP-PHAR extension is enabled.Acquia CLI warns you if any other runtime requirements are not met. Follow the instructions provided by the error messages.
If this content did not answer your questions, try searching or contacting our support team for further assistance.