Procedure
Install Hugging Face CLI (hf)
Install the Hugging Face hf CLI via the standalone installer or pip (huggingface_hub), optionally log in, then verify with hf --version or hf version.
Install per https://huggingface.co/docs/huggingface_hub/en/guides/cli .
Install per https://huggingface.co/docs/huggingface_hub/en/guides/cli . Recommended standalone: macOS/Linux curl -LsSf https://hf.co/cli/install.sh | bash ; Windows PowerShell irm https://hf.co/cli/install.ps1 | iex . Or in a Python venv: pip install -U huggingface_hub (ships the hf CLI).
Open a new terminal if PATH changed. Optional: hf auth login (or hugging
Open a new terminal if PATH changed. Optional: hf auth login (or huggingface-cli login on older installs) to authenticate for private models.
hf version 2>/dev/null || hf --version
hf version 2>/dev/null || hf --version
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