Verify that WolframScript is not yet installed

Try calling wolframscript --version from the command line:

~$ wolframscript --version
-bash: wolframscript: command not found

• If WolframScript is already installed, this returns a version number. No further action is needed:

~$ wolframscript --version
WolframScript 1.3.0 for MacOSX-x86-64

Download the WolframScript installer

Visit the WolframScript download page to download the installer:

Run the installer

Locate the downloaded WolframScript installer and run it to install WolframScript:

Use WolframScript

From the command line, run WolframScript, giving a Wolfram Language expression after the -code option:

• The shell attempts to interpret the brackets if they are not wrapped in single quotation marks.

Verify that WolframScript is not yet installed

Try calling wolframscript --version from the command line:

> wolframscript --version
'wolframscript' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

• If WolframScript is already installed, this returns a version number. No further action is needed:

> wolframscript --version
WolframScript 1.3.0 for Windows

Download the WolframScript installer

Visit the WolframScript download page to download the installer:

Run the installer

Locate the downloaded WolframScript installer and run it to install WolframScript:

Use WolframScript

From the command line, run WolframScript, giving a Wolfram Language expression after the -code option:

Verify that WolframScript is not yet installed

Try calling wolframscript --version from the command line:

~$ wolframscript --version
wolframscript: command not found

• If WolframScript is already installed, this returns a version number. No further action is needed:

~$ wolframscript --version
WolframScript 1.3.0 for Linux 64-bit RPM x86-64

Download the WolframScript installer

Visit the WolframScript download page to download the installer:

Change into the installer directory

Open a terminal and change the directory to where the WolframScript installer is located:

~$ cd path/to/installer

Run the installer

If using an RPM-based system such as Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux, run the following command:

~$ sudo rpm -Uvh WolframScript_12.0.0_LINUX64_x86_64.rpm

If using a DEB-based system such as Debian or Ubuntu, run the following command:

~$ sudo dpkg -i WolframScript_12.0.0_LINUX64_x86_64.deb

• For more information about your package manager, refer to your system documentation.

Use WolframScript

From the command line, run WolframScript, giving a Wolfram Language expression after the -code option:

• The shell attempts to interpret the brackets if they are not wrapped in single quotation marks.