<p>The folder structure you describe matches the source code of the repository. I think you accidentally downloaded the archive of the source code rather than the release binary of the node software.</p>
<p>On the <a href="https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/releases/tag/v0.8.0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Eclair release page</a>, I see the same folder structure when I download the “Source code (zip)” (red arrow below), but you probably meant to download the “eclair-node-0.8.0-0077471-bin.zip” (yellow arrow) which when I unpack it has the folder you were looking for.</p>
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<p>I'm trying to install Eclair on my machine according to <a href="https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair#installing-eclair" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the instructions for installing
Eclair</a>. I downloaded the latest release, unziped the archive but coundn't find &quot;eclair-node--&lt;commit_id&gt;/bin/eclair-node.sh&quot;. There is no &quot;bin&quot; subdirectory:</p>
<pre><code>$ tree eclair-0.8.0/ -L 1
eclair-0.8.0/
├── BUILD.md
├── CONTRIBUTING.md
├── Dockerfile
├── LICENSE
├── README.md
├── SECURITY.md
├── codecov.yml
├── contrib
├── docs
├── eclair-core
├── eclair-front
├── eclair-node
├── monitoring
└── pom.xml

6 directories, 8 files
</code></pre>

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How to run the Eclair client in terminal?
Bicheng
# How to run the Eclair client in terminal?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-02-06)

I'm trying to install Eclair on my machine according to [the instructions for installing
Eclair](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair#installing-eclair). I downloaded the latest release, unziped the archive but coundn't find "eclair-node--<commit\_id>/bin/eclair-node.sh". There is no "bin" subdirectory:

```
$ tree eclair-0.8.0/ -L 1
eclair-0.8.0/
├── BUILD.md
├── CONTRIBUTING.md
├── Dockerfile
├── LICENSE
├── README.md
├── SECURITY.md
├── codecov.yml
├── contrib
├── docs
├── eclair-core
├── eclair-front
├── eclair-node
├── monitoring
└── pom.xml

6 directories, 8 files

```

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### Answer by username_1 on 2023-02-06. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

The folder structure you describe matches the source code of the repository. I think you accidentally downloaded the archive of the source code rather than the release binary of the node software.

On the [Eclair release page](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/releases/tag/v0.8.0), I see the same folder structure when I download the “Source code (zip)” (red arrow below), but you probably meant to download the “eclair-node-0.8.0-0077471-bin.zip” (yellow arrow) which when I unpack it has the folder you were looking for.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/RvRf6.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/RvRf6.png)


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