In which terminal do I run these commands?

Question

I'm trying to create a buildpack with libwebp , and I'm trying to follow this tutorial , which starts with the following commands:

1. heroku create buildpack-stager
2. heroku run bash --app buildpack-stager
3. curl -O https://mupdf.googlecode.com/files/mupdf-1.3-source.tar.gz
4. tar -xvzf mupdf-1.3-source.tar.gz
5. ...

Should these initial commands be run in the terminal of my application on heroku?

Answer 1

heroku create should be run on your local machine. This creates a new app on Heroku , so if you already have an app to work with it may not be necessary.

heroku run bash should also be run on your local machine. This spins up a one-off dyno for your app and runs the command bash on it .

From there, it looks like they want you to continue with curl , tar , etc. in the same shell as the previous step. The effect will be that these commands are run on the one-off dyno you're using, but you don't need to change terminals or anything.

You might find the Heroku CLI commands documentation page helpful.

Answer 2

All these commands you should run on your local terminal (bash, etc.)