How to install on linux

[jjac799-coder]

im very confused with these steps im not a person with coding knowledge can i get some help with this on linux?

[dkorbelainen]

You did not mention whats your "linux" is exactly, so here are some general steps, assuming youre trying to use caveman on claudecode (similar for other CLIs).

Step 1. First make sure you got nodejs >= 18 installed:

node --version

If missing or below v18:

# Ubuntu / Debian
sudo apt install nodejs

# Fedora / RHEL
sudo dnf install nodejs

# Arch
sudo pacman -S nodejs

Step 2. Install Claude Code (if not yet)

curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash

Step 3. Install Caveman itself

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman/main/install.sh | bash

Step 4. Use it
Run claude in your terminal, then type /caveman. From now on it'll be active, you can also switch modes (lite/full/ultra) with /caveman <mode>

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For more concise instructions see https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman/blob/main/INSTALL.md

If smth breaks, let us know your distro + version, output of node --version, and which step failed.