Merge pull request #253 from chef/chris-rock/readme

improvement: update install instructions and add notes for windows builds
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Dominik Richter 2015-11-23 14:25:30 +01:00
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## Installation ## Installation
Requires Ruby ( >1.9 ). InSpec requires Ruby ( >1.9 ).
To simply run it without installation, you must install [bundler](http://bundler.io/): ### Install it via rubygems.org
```bash
gem install inspec
```
### Install it from source
That requires [bundler](http://bundler.io/):
```bash ```bash
bundle install bundle install
@ -55,16 +63,22 @@ gem build inspec.gemspec
gem install inspec-*.gem gem install inspec-*.gem
``` ```
Or you can install it via rubygems.org On Windows, you need to install [Ruby](http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/) with [Ruby Development Kit](https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/Development-Kit) to build dependencies with its native extensions.
```bash ### Run InSpec
gem install inspec
```
You should now be able to run: You should now be able to run:
```bash ```bash
inspec --help $ inspec --help
Commands:
inspec check PATH # verify test structure in PATH
inspec detect # detect the target OS
inspec exec PATHS # run all test files
inspec help [COMMAND] # Describe available commands or one specific command
inspec json PATH # read all tests in PATH and generate a JSON profile
inspec shell # open an interactive debugging shell
inspec version # prints the version of this tool
``` ```
# Examples # Examples