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bino setup

bino relies on Chrome headless shell and a template engine to render PDFs. Use bino setup to download and configure these dependencies.

bino setup [flags]
  • --template-engine – download or update the bn-template-engine.
  • --engine-version – specific template engine version to download (default: latest). For example v0.37.0.
  • --dry-run – show what would be installed without actually downloading.
  • --quiet – suppress verbose installer output.

Install Chrome headless shell and template engine:

bino setup

Install the template engine only (latest version):

bino setup --template-engine

Install a specific template engine version:

bino setup --template-engine --engine-version v0.37.0

Preview what would be installed without downloading:

bino setup --dry-run

Chrome headless shell (chrome-headless-shell) is a lightweight Chrome binary purpose-built for headless rendering. It is downloaded from Google’s Chrome for Testing infrastructure and cached in ~/.bino/chrome-headless-shell/.

If you need to use a custom Chrome or Chromium installation, set the CHROME_PATH environment variable to point to the binary. This takes priority over the cached version.

The template engine (bn-template-engine) is a JavaScript runtime used to render HTML templates. It is downloaded separately from Chrome headless shell and cached in ~/.bino/cdn/bn-template-engine/.

Multiple versions can be installed side by side. By default, bino uses the latest locally installed version unless a specific version is pinned in bino.toml via the engine-version field. See Project configuration for more details.

If builds fail with rendering or browser errors, rerun this command and verify that your environment has network and disk access.