Dev Tool Installer

dti is a command-line app that installs editor/code tools, such as language servers, linters and formatters.

All packages are installed in your home directory at ~/.devtoolinstaller/ by default (see section below on how to change), no need to clutter the system.

The binaries are put into ~/.devtoolinstaller/bin/, so make sure you add that too your PATH environment variable.

Installation

Using cargo from the rust toolchain:

$ cargo install --locked --path .

Usage

The CLI can be explored by just running dti:

$ dti
...

Installing Packages

The most import sub-command is probably install:

$ dti install <package>

You can list available packages with

$ dti list --all # or shorter: dti ls -a

dti will try to resolve the latest release (on GitHub) and install that version, preferably from a binary that can run on your system.

If that's not the case, it may look for an alternative way to install a package.

For instance, if you try to install a package that dti doesn't know how install on your platform but you have a native tool installed, it may prompt you to use that instead.

By a native tool i mean some of the following:

• cargo
• go
• pip
• npm

Although pre-built binaries are preferred, these exist as fallback for some packages; in fact, some packages are only available through some of the listed tools.

Configuration

An optional configuration file can be used to configure dti: ~/.devtoolinstaller/config.toml.

# Optional. Additional configuration for packages.
[packages]
# Ensure that this list of packages is installed.
# These will be installed whenever running the `install` command.
ensure-installed = [
  "gopls",
  "lazygit",
]

# Optional. Allows you to specify a GitHub OAuth app
# that can be used in authentication. This is useful
# if you reach the API rate limit.
[auth]
client-id = "string"
client-secret = "string"

Root

You can specify the root directory for dti using the DTI_ROOT environment variable.

If this isn't specified it defaults to ~/.devtoolinstaller.