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Installing the dynctl command-line tool

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Install dynctl on the machine from which you have access to Dynamic Engine.

About this task

The installation approach varies depending on the operating system of the machine running dynctl.

Installing dynctl on Linux

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Download the latest version and install dynctl using sudo, or move it to ~/.local/bin if you do not have root access. Consider adding ~/.local/bin to $PATH.

Procedure

  1. Download the latest dynctl version from Qlik Download Center.
  2. Install dynctl: 
    sudo install -o root -g root -m 0755 dynctl /usr/local/bin/dynctl
    Information noteTip: If you do not have root access, you can install dynctl to the ~/.local/bin directory: 
    chmod +x dynctl mkdir -p ~/.local/bin mv ./dynctl ~/.local/bin/dynctl # and then append (or prepend) ~/.local/bin to $PATH

    Note that ~ is a shorthand representation for user's home directory in Linux and Unix-like systems.

Installing dynctl on Windows

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Download dynctl for Windows and adding the installation folder to your system's PATH environment variable.

Procedure

  1. Download the latest dynctl release from Qlik Download Center.
  2. Add dynctl to your system PATH:
    Add the dynctl installation folder to either the beginning or the end of your PATH environment variable.

Installing dynctl on Mac

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Install dynctl on Mac: Download the latest version, make it executable, and move the executable to the system PATH.

Procedure

  1. Download the latest dynctl binary from Qlik Download Center, selecting the appropriate architecture: amd64 or arm64.
  2. Make dynctl executable: 
    chmod +x ./dynctl
  3. Move dynctl to system PATH: 
    sudo mv ./dynctl /usr/local/bin/dynctl
sudo chown root: /usr/local/bin/dynctl
    Information noteRemember: After the installation, remember to allow the executable to bypass the developer not verified security warning in System Settings > Privacy & Security.

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