shvm - A Version Manager for Shells

Shvm is a command-line tool to easily install and manage multiple shell versions in your local environment.

Requirements

A POSIX-compliant shells (i.e. dash, bash, or zsh)

Installation

Clone a shvm to a directory $HOME/.shvm via GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/ueokande/shvm $HOME/.bashvm

and then, add the following code into your .bash_profile, .zprofile, or .profile:

[ -r $HOME/.shvm/profile ] && . $HOME/.shvm/profile

Usage

Basic usage

The below is an example, to install and use a certain shell version.

# List installable bash versions on remote repository
shvm list remote bash

# Install a certain shell
shvm install bash-2.0

# Set a $PATH to current shell to use the installed shell
shvm use bash-3.0

# List installed shells in a local disk
shvm list local

# Launch it
bash --version

Use various shell versions

You can see another supported shells and use it like this:

# List supported shells
shvm list support

# List installable fish versions
shvm list remote fish

# Install and use fish-2.0.0
shvm use --install fish-2.0.0

# List installed shells in a local disk
shvm list local

# Launch it
fish --version

More informations

Use help to display the helps of shvm:

shvm help

Licence

MIT

ueokande / shvm