# Install linode-cli with Homebrew, Nix, zypper CLI for the Linode API. Version 5.68.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-29. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#linode-cli. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:linode-cli ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install linode-cli ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#linode-cli ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/linode-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install linode-cli-bash-completion ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: linode-cli-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:linode-cli - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 5.68.0 - **Source summary:** CLI for the Linode API - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-29T21:41:28Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - lin (alias) - linode (alias) - linode-cli (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 5.68.0 ## Project history and usage Linode CLI is the official command-line interface for the Linode API, later documented under Akamai Cloud Computing. It lets users manage cloud resources from a terminal and is generated from Linode's OpenAPI specification. ### Project history Linode had an older Perl-based CLI in the linode/cli repository. That repository now describes itself as deprecated and points users to linode/linode-cli, the newer CLI built for the Linode API v4 line. The modern linode-cli repository describes the tool as the official Linode command-line interface and says it provides access to Linode API endpoints with organized, configurable table output. Its README also states that the project is automatically generated from the Linode OpenAPI spec using the openapi3 Python package. ### Adoption history The old CLI was packaged for Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, NixOS, and Homebrew, showing that Linode users wanted cloud operations available outside the web manager before API v4. The current Akamai TechDocs page positions the CLI as a wrapper around the Linode API for managing an Akamai Cloud Computing account, with almost any Cloud Manager task also available through the CLI. ### How it is used Typical use covers provisioning and managing Linodes, NodeBalancers, volumes, object storage, domains, and account resources from scripts or terminals. Because credentials and configuration live under ~/.config/linode-cli, the package is a developer-operations tool rather than a daemon. ### Why package nerds care Linode CLI is interesting because it is generated from an API description instead of being purely handwritten. For package maintainers, that means CLI behavior follows the provider's API surface, while users get a stable local command for automating cloud resources. ### Timeline - 2013: Linode community posts described early developer releases of a Linode command-line tool. - 2018-10-31: The older linode/cli repository was archived. - API v4 era: linode/cli pointed users to linode/linode-cli for the newer Linode API v4 tool. - 2026-05-27: The linode-api-openapi repository release panel listed a 2026-05-27 OpenAPI package release. ### Related projects - Related projects include the deprecated linode/cli tool, the Linode API, the linode-api-openapi specification repository, Cloud Manager, and Akamai Cloud Computing documentation. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for linode-cli. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.config/linode-cli ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.config/linode-cli ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - linode-cli: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/linode-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper - linode-cli-bash-completion - 5.65.0-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: linode-cli-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Bash completion for linode-cli | https://github.com/linode/linode-cli - zypper - python313-linode-cli - 5.65.0-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: python313-linode-cli from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | The Linode command-line interface | https://github.com/linode/linode-cli - zypper - python314-linode-cli - 5.65.0-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: python314-linode-cli from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | The Linode command-line interface | https://github.com/linode/linode-cli ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/linode-cli.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/linode-cli.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph