Installing IPFS via ipfs-update on Linux or WSL

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  1. download latest version of ipfs-update download latest from https://dist.ipfs.io/#ipfs-update e.g. wget https://dist.ipfs.io/ipfs-update/v1.6.0/ipfs-update_v1.6.0_linux-amd64.tar.gz

  2. extract the zip: e.g. tar -zxvf ipfs-update_v1.6.0_linux-amd64.tar.gz

  3. go into the folder: cd ipfs-update/

  4. run the install command: sudo ./install.sh

  1. You should now be able to check it is working via: ipfs-update help
  1. Intall latest go-ipfs sudo ipfs-update install latest

IPFS should now be installed!

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