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Steps to install exa on macOS
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Install exa on macOS

Steps

  1. Download exa realease archive from Github
  2. Extract and cd into the folder
  3. Copy the executable to /usr/local/bin (optionally sudo): 
    cp bin/exa /usr/local/bin
  4. Open the the executable in Finder to remove the GateKeeper quarantine:
    1. Run open /usr/local/bin
    2. Right click on exa and choose 'Open'
  5. Copy the manpages to /usr/local/share/man: 
    cp man/exa.1 /usr/local/share/man/man1/
cp man/exa_colors.5 /usr/local/share/man/man5/
  6. Copy the completions to /usr/local/: 
    cp completions/exa.zsh /usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions/_exa
cp completions/exa.bash /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/
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