From 3e5d2dcc546217202d99f2b471081707d357d23c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "thomas g. lopes" <thomasgl@pm.me>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:56:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add install options to readme

---
 README.md | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5980348..97ebc60 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,9 +2,25 @@
 
 Sigil is a minimal symlink-based dotfile manager with per-package Lua config.
 
-## Install (dev)
+## Install
 
+### Build and install to ~/.local/bin
+```bash
+cd ~/programming/sigil
+go build -o ~/.local/bin/sigil .
 ```
+
+### Install via go install
+```bash
+cd ~/programming/sigil
+go install .
+# Binary will be at $(go env GOPATH)/bin/sigil
+# Make sure $(go env GOPATH)/bin is in your PATH
+```
+
+### Run without installing (dev)
+```bash
+cd ~/programming/sigil
 go run . <command>
 ```