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Roc installation guide for x86 Linux systems

How to install Roc

Note: In order to develop in Roc, you need to install the Roc CLI, which includes the Roc compiler and various helpful utilities.

1. Download Latest nightly Roc (find assets here)

Or use jq and curl for seamless copy/paste

curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/roc-lang/roc/releases|jq -r '.[0].assets [0].browser_download_url'|xargs -n1 -I % curl -L % --output roc_nightly.tar.gz

2. Unpack

tar xf roc_nightly.tar.gz --one-top-level

How to install Roc platform dependencies

Note: In order to compile Roc apps (either in examples/ or in your own projects), you need to install one or more of these platform language compilers, too.

Install the Rust compiler, for apps with Rust-based platforms:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Install the Zig compiler, for apps with Zig-based platforms:

1. Download zig

curl -Ls  https://ziglang.org/download/0.9.1/zig-linux-x86_64-0.9.1.tar.xz -o zig-0.9.1.tar.xz

2. Unpack

tar xf zig-0.9.1.tar.xz

3. Move To Path

cp zig-linux-x86_64-0.9.1/zig /usr/local/bin/zig

Install a C compiler, for apps with C-based platforms:

On a Debian-based distro like Ubuntu

sudo apt update && sudo apt install build-essential clang

On an RPM-based distro like Fedora

sudo dnf check-update && sudo dnf install clang

Note: If you installed Rust in this terminal session, you'll need to open a new one first!

./roc examples/platform-switching/rocLovesRust.roc

./roc examples/platform-switching/rocLovesZig.roc

./roc examples/platform-switching/rocLovesC.roc