How to install Fake Artifact on Windows

Before you start

These are one-time installs. If you have used PowerShell before, you may have them already — the first step checks.

1. 1

   Install Git

   Run the installer, then reopen PowerShell.

   Open installer ↗

   You know this worked when: Git responds with a version number

2. 2

   Install Node LTS

   Run the LTS installer, then reopen PowerShell.

   Open download ↗

   You know this worked when: Node responds with a version number

Install Fake Artifact

1. 3

   Open PowerShell

   Keep it open beside this page.

   You know this worked when: PowerShell is open

2. 4

   Check Git and Node

   Git and the current Node LTS are required.

   Type this into PowerShell (not Command Prompt), then press Enter.

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   git --version
   node --version

   You know this worked when: Git and Node respond with version numbers

3. 5

   Copy Fake Artifact to this PC

   Type this into PowerShell (not Command Prompt), then press Enter. The first line moves you into the folder this step runs in, so it works in a window you have just opened.

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   cd ~
   if [ ! -d hyperfine/.git ]; then
   git clone https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine.git
   fi

   You know this worked when: A hyperfine folder appears

4. 6

   Open the Fake Artifact folder

   Type this into PowerShell (not Command Prompt), then press Enter. The first line moves you into the folder this step runs in, so it works in a window you have just opened.

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   cd ~
   cd hyperfine

   You know this worked when: Your terminal prompt is inside the hyperfine folder

5. 7

   Use the reviewed version

   Type this into PowerShell (not Command Prompt), then press Enter. The first line moves you into the folder this step runs in, so it works in a window you have just opened.

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   cd ~/hyperfine
   git checkout 24a0d5da1bff11567bbf307315d11cb0e10733ec

   You know this worked when: Git reports the reviewed commit

6. 8

   Try Fake Artifact

   Keep PowerShell open.

   Type this into PowerShell (not Command Prompt), then press Enter. The first line moves you into the folder this step runs in, so it works in a window you have just opened.

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   cd ~/hyperfine
   hyperfine

   You know this worked when: Fake Artifact opens

7. 9

   Try it

   Fake Artifact should be open and ready to use.

   You know this worked when: Fake Artifact works

If something goes wrong

Nothing here can damage your computer, and every step can be run again safely. If a command fails, the usual cause is the step before it not having finished.

Still stuck? Tell us what happened and we will fix the guide. Include the step number and we can usually reproduce it.