Pakku Help

Installing Pakku

You can install Pakku using Scoop for Windows, using Brew for macOS (or Linux), using nix for Windows WSL, macOS, Linux or manually.

Pakku also requires Java to be installed on your computer, so please, before installing, check whether you have Java installed on your computer. If not, you can install it from here.

Install Pakku using Scoop for Windows

  1. Check whether you have Scoop installed on your computer. If not, check the installation instructions from here.

  2. In your terminal/CMD, run this Scoop command:

    scoop install https://juraj-hrivnak.github.io/Pakku/install/pakku.json

  3. In your modpack folder, run Pakku from your terminal/CMD:

    pakku

    Install Pakku using Brew for macOS (or Linux)

    1. Check whether you have Brew installed on your computer. If not, check the installation instructions from here.

    2. In your terminal, run this Brew command:

      brew install juraj-hrivnak/pakku/pakku

    3. In your modpack folder, run Pakku from your terminal:

      pakku

      Install Pakku using Nix

      Pakku is available from nixpkgs as pakku.

      1. Check you have Nix installed on your computer. NixOS comes with it preinstalled. If not, check the installation instructions from here for your OS.

      2. If using just the nix package manager you can install Pakku with these commands:

        # without flakes: nix-env -iA nixpkgs.pakku # with flakes: nix profile install nixpkgs#pakku
      3. For NixOS and Home Manager you can install by adding pakku to your system or user packages.

        NixOS:

        { environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.pakku ]; }

        Home Manager:

        { home.packages = [ pkgs.pakku ]; }
      4. In your modpack folder, run Pakku from your terminal

        pakku

        Install Pakku manually

        1. Download the pakku.jar from GitHub releases and place it into your modpack folder.

        2. In your modpack folder, run Pakku locally from your terminal/CMD:

          java -jar pakku.jar

          08 July 2025