install the mc client

Usage

install_mc(
  os = system_os(),
  arch = system_arch(),
  path = minio_path(),
  force = FALSE,
  version = mc_version()
)

Arguments

os: operating system
arch: architecture
path: destination where binary is installed.
force: install even if binary is already found. Can be used to force upgrade.
version: release tag of the 'mc' client to install. Defaults to the last release published under the open-source 'minio/mc' repository.

Value

path to the minio binary (invisibly)

Details

This function is just a convenience wrapper for prebuilt MINIO binaries. MinIO has since moved the client to its closed-source AIStor product: the former download host, https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/, now returns "410 Gone", and the https://github.com/minio/mc repository has been archived. This package therefore installs the last release published there, from its GitHub release assets, so that existing workflows keep working. The client is frozen at that version and will receive no further upstream fixes. Should support Windows, Mac, and Linux on both Intel/AMD (amd64) and ARM architectures.

NOTE: If you want to install to other than the default location, simply set the option "minioclient.dir", to the appropriate location of the directory containing your "mc" binary, e.g. options("minioclient.dir" = "~/.mc"). This is also used as the location of the config directory. Note that this package will not automatically use MINIO available on $PATH (to promote security and portability in design).

Two further options cover the case where the pinned release is no longer reachable: set options("minioclient.version") to install a different release tag, or options("minioclient.url") to give the full URL of an mc binary to download (e.g. an internal mirror).

Examples

if (FALSE) { # interactive()
install_mc()

# Force upgrade
install_mc(force=TRUE)
}