Installing and Managing Packages
Note
Yak is cross-platform. The examples below are for Windows.
For Mac, replace the path to the Yak CLI tool with
"/Applications/Rhino 8.app/Contents/Resources/bin/yak".Install
Installing a yak package with the CLI tool is simple.
> "C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\System\Yak.exe" install marmoset
Downloading marmoset (1.0.0)...
Downloaded marmoset (1.0.0)
Installing marmoset (1.0.0)...
Successfully installed marmoset (1.0.0)
Note
Rhino will load new packages the next time it starts.
You can also ask Yak to install a specific version.
> "C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\System\Yak.exe" install marmoset 1.0.0
...
The package is installed to a special folder, similar to the Grasshopper Libraries folder but with a folder/file structure that Yak controls.
Uninstall
Packages can also be easily uninstalled using the Yak CLI tool.
> "C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\System\Yak.exe" uninstall marmoset
marmoset successfully uninstalled
Note
Rhino will register that the package has been uninstalled
the next time it starts.
List
At any point you can check which packages are currently installed.
> "C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\System\Yak.exe" list
marmoset (1.0.0)
