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buyukakyuz/install-nothing has 1,354 GitHub stars and 45 forks. GitHot measured 0 stars in 24 hours and 0 in 7 days. Last checked 2026-11-09 05:39 UTC. Last push 2026-09-05.

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A terminal application that simulates installing things but doesn't actually install anything

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Install-nothing

A terminal application that simulates installing things. It doesn't actually install anything.

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Installation

Download binary

Grab the latest binary for your platform from Releases

chmod +x install-nothing-*
./install-nothing-linux-x86_64

Homebrew

brew install install-nothing

Build from source

cargo run --release

Press Ctrl+C to stop.

Pick what to install

By default we install everything. But you can change this behavior.

# Install specific stages
cargo run --release -- kernel

Or pick what not to install.

# Exclude specific stages from installation
cargo run --release -- --exclude cloud xorg

See available stages:

cargo run --release -- --help

Docker

Build

docker build -t install-nothing .

Run

docker run -it --rm --init install-nothing

Nix

Install

nix profile install github:buyukakyuz/install-nothing

Run

nix run install github:buyukakyuz/install-nothing

License

Do whatever you want with it. Well, except for movies. If you use this in a movie, credit me or something.

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