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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ A lightweight, Bun-based CLI for interacting with [MCP (Model Context Protocol)]
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/philschmid/mcp-cli/main/install.sh | bash
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> [!NOTE]
> The release installer currently depends on published platform binaries. If you are on **Linux arm64 / aarch64** and the latest release does not include `mcp-cli-linux-arm64`, the install script will fail over to a source install recommendation instead of succeeding.

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11 changes: 10 additions & 1 deletion install.sh
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Expand Up @@ -85,7 +85,16 @@ CHECKSUM_URL="https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPO/releases/latest/download/checksums
echo -e "${BLUE}Downloading...${NC}"
TMP_FILE=$(mktemp)
if ! curl -fsSL "$DOWNLOAD_URL" -o "$TMP_FILE"; then
echo -e "${RED}Failed to download binary. Check if releases exist at:${NC}"
echo -e "${RED}Failed to download binary.${NC}"
echo " URL: $DOWNLOAD_URL"
echo ""
if [ "$OS" = "linux" ] && [ "$ARCH" = "aarch64" ]; then
echo -e "${YELLOW}Linux arm64 release asset not found for the latest release.${NC}"
echo "Try installing from source instead:"
echo " bun install -g https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPO"
echo ""
fi
echo -e "${RED}Check available releases at:${NC}"
echo " https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPO/releases"
exit 1
fi
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