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sarr-io edited this page Jun 15, 2026 · 8 revisions

Update

Zinc can check for and apply updates to itself.

zn update --check
zn update

Why this design exists

Zinc is a small core. Self-update keeps installation and maintenance simple without requiring package managers to understand Zinc internals.

Design reason

Update behavior belongs to Zinc because it changes the Zinc binary. Package behavior belongs to packages.

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