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# Install ArdexaRemote command line interface (CLI)

## Installing or Updating the ArdexaRemote Command Line Interface

If you are updating the remote app, please ensure that all tunnel and VPN sessions are closed, otherwise you will run into errors during the upgrade process.

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We strongly recommend using our Desktop application which includes the command line app. [Click here for instructions on how to install the desktop application](https://docs.ardexa.com/knowledge/app.ardexa/devices/remote/install-desktop)
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### Windows

[Download ArdexaRemoteCliSetup.exe](https://storage.ardexa.com/remote-cli-1.6.0/ArdexaRemoteCliSetup-1.6.0.exe)

### Mac

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1.4.4 is the most recent macOS build of the command line interface. Later releases, including 1.6.0, are Windows and Linux only.
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```
curl -Lo ardexa-remote https://storage.ardexa.com/remote-cli-1.4.4/ardexa-remote-macos && sudo install ardexa-remote /usr/local/bin/ && rm ardexa-remote 
```

### Linux

```
curl -Lo ardexa-remote https://storage.ardexa.com/remote-cli-1.6.0/ardexa-remote && sudo install ardexa-remote /usr/local/bin/ && rm ardexa-remote
```

## Open a command prompt

Windows: cmd or PowerShell

Mac: Terminal

Linux: Your preferred terminal

To check that ArdexaRemoteCli is correctly installed, run

```
ardexa-remote --help
```

And you should see instructions on how to use the command.