This version does not autoupdate and must be updated manually via apt-get. xz is much smaller but gz is more compatible. These are available in gz or xz compression. Otherwise, download one of the tarballs below and extract it yourself. To quickly setup into /usr/local/lib/heroku and /usr/local/bin/heroku, run this script (script requires sudo and not Windows compatible): $ curl | sh It contains its own node.js binary and will autoupdate like the above install methods. The standalone install is a simple tarball with a binary. Other installation methods Standalone installation
Snap is available on other Linux OS’s as well. Run the following from your terminal: $ sudo snap install -classic heroku