Installing springboardvr-cli

You can download binary for your operating system here. We will be adding automated methods of install in the future. These URLs will automatically provide the latest version and can be used in CI servers etc.

• Windows 32bit
• Windows 64bit
• Linux 32bit
• Linux 64bit
• OSX 64bit

Mac builds coming soon. Contact [email protected] if you require early access.

Adding springboardvr-cli to your path

Adding an executable to your path allows you to launch it from anywhere, no matter which directory you're currently in.

On Windows

Follow this article to add the folder where you downloaded springboardvr-cli.exe to your path.

Alternatively, Windows will look into the current working directory when looking for commands

On Linux

If you downloaded springboardvr-cli to a directory (let's say ~/bin), you first need to mark it as executable. From a terminal, run:

chmod +x ~/bin/springboardvr-cli

(Replacing ~/bin with the folder you actually want to store springboardvr-cli into)

Then, edit the ~/.bashrc file (~ is your home directory) and add this line at the end:

export PATH="$PATH:~/bin"

(Again, replacing ~/bin as appropriate)

You'll need to close and start a new terminal to apply the changes. You should now be able to move on to the First run section.

Alternatively, if you want to use the version installed by the SpringboardVR app, you can skip the chmod command and use this line in your ~/.bashrc instead:

export PATH="$PATH:~/.config/springboardvr/apps/springboardvr-cli"

On macOS

Follow the Linux instructions, except:

• On macOS, the ~/.bash_profile file is used instead of ~/.bashrc
  • You may have to create that file if it doesn't exist yet.

(don't forget the double-quotes, they're needed because there is a space in Application Support)

As with Linux, don't forget to close and re-open your terminal to apply the changes.

First run

To make sure springboardvr-cli is installed properly, open a terminal (cmd.exe on Windows), and type the following command:

springboardvr-cli -V

(that's a capital V, casing matters)

It should print something like that:

head, built on Sep 13 2018 @ 10:59:39, ref 30fe1c38a9611d6b17dc61c7d4fb9582aa369d41

Or if you're using a stable version, head will be replaced by a semantic version number.

Here's how it looks on Windows:

Note: of course, you can also run springboardvr-cli from PowerShell. But if you know about PowerShell you probably didn't need to read most of this page anyway.

Appendix: Finding springboardvr-cli

If you ever forget where you put your springboardvr-cli.exe, the springboardvr-cli which command will print its complete path.