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The Spice CLI is a set of commands to create and manage Spicepods and interact with the Spice runtime.
The Spice CLI can be installed by:
The spice program will be added to the PATH automatically for bash, fish, and zsh shells.
After installing the Spice CLI for the first time, ensure you've got the correct version by running spice version. The Runtime version is not expected to be shown, as the runtime will be downloaded and installed automatically upon first run.
For getting started with Spice using the Spice CLI, see the Getting Started Guide.
Use spice help for all commands and spice [command] --help for more information about a command.
A typical command-line workflow might be as follows:
Run new shell in the same folder:
Common commands are:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| spice add | Add Pod - adds a pod to the project |
| spice run | Run Spice - starts the Spice runtime, installing if necessary |
| spice version | Spice CLI version |
| spice help | Help about any command |
| spice upgrade | Upgrades the Spice CLI to the latest release |
See Spice CLI command reference for the full list of available commands.
To update to latest CLI, run the upgrade command.
:::note Upgrade command is supported from CLI v0.3.1. For version < 0.3.1 users have to re-run the install script. :::
The Spice CLI is installed by default to $HOME/.spice/bin/spice and a line added to the shell config, such as .zshrc
It can be uninstalled by deleting the spice binary and removing the PATH addition from the rc file.
