Install¶

You can install the pre-compiled binary (in several ways), use Docker or compile from source.

Bellow you can find the steps for each of them.

Install the pre-compiled binary¶

homebrew tap¶

brew install goreleaser/tap/nfpm

homebrew¶

brew install nfpm

scoop¶

scoop bucket add goreleaser https://github.com/goreleaser/scoop-bucket.git
scoop install nfpm

apt¶

echo 'deb [trusted=yes] https://repo.goreleaser.com/apt/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/goreleaser.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nfpm

yum¶

echo '[goreleaser]
name=GoReleaser
baseurl=https://repo.goreleaser.com/yum/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0' | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/goreleaser.repo
sudo yum install nfpm

deb, apk and rpm packages¶

Download the .deb, .rpm or .apk from the releases page and install them with the appropriate tools.

go install¶

go install github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/v2/cmd/nfpm@latest

manually¶

Download the pre-compiled binaries from the releases page and copy them to the desired location.

Verifying the artifacts¶

binaries¶

All artifacts are checksummed, and the checksum is signed with cosign.

1. Download the files you want, the checksums.txt and checksums.txt.sig files from the releases page:

wget 'https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/releases/download/v2.36.1/checksums.txt'

1. Verify the signature:

   cosign verify-blob \
    --certificate-identity 'https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/.github/workflows/release.yml@refs/tags/v2.36.1' \
       --certificate-oidc-issuer 'https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com' \
    --signature 'https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/releases/download/v2.36.1/checksums.txt.sig' \
    --cert 'https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/releases/download/v2.36.1/checksums.txt.pem' \
    checksums.txt
   

2. If the signature is valid, you can then verify the SHA256 sums match with the downloaded binary:

   sha256sum --ignore-missing -c checksums.txt
   

docker images¶

Our Docker images are signed with cosign.

Verify the signature:

cosign verify goreleaser/nfpm
cosign verify ghcr.io/goreleaser/nfpm

Running with Docker¶

You can also use it within a Docker container. To do that, you'll need to execute something more-or-less like the following:

docker run --rm -v $PWD:/tmp -w /tmp goreleaser/nfpm package \
    --config /tmp/pkg/foo.yml \
    --target /tmp \
    --packager deb

Packaging status¶

Compiling from source¶

Here you have two options:

If you want to contribute to the project, please follow the steps on our contributing guide.

If you just want to build from source for whatever reason, follow these steps:

clone:

git clone https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm
cd nfpm

get the dependencies:

go mod tidy

build:

go build -o nfpm ./cmd/nfpm

verify it works:

./nfpm --version