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## Installing V from source
### Linux, macOS, Android, Raspberry Pi
### Linux, macOS, Windows, WSL, Android, Raspberry Pi
You'll need Clang or GCC. On macOS run `xcode-select --install` if you don't have XCode or XCode tools installed.
```bash
# You can clone V anywhere
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cd v
make
```
Or build without make:
That's it! Now you have a V executable at `[path to V repo]/v`.
### C compiler
You'll need Clang or GCC.
On macOS run `xcode-select --install` if you don't have XCode or XCode tools installed.
On Windows follow these instructions: [github.com/vlang/v/wiki/Installing-a-C-compiler-on-Windows](https://github.com/vlang/v/wiki/Installing-a-C-compiler-on-Windows)
### Building without make
```bash
# Download the V compiler's source translated to C
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vlang/vc/master/v.c
@ -63,7 +74,7 @@ cc -std=gnu11 -w -o v v.c # Build it with Clang or GCC
./v -o v compiler # Use the resulting V binary to build V from V source
```
That's it! Now you have a V executable at `[path to V repo]/v`.
### Symlinking and updates
You can create a symlink so that it's globally available:
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```
### Windows
V works great on Windows Subsystem for Linux. The instructions are the same as above.
If you want to build v.exe on Windows without WSL, you have to install MinGW-w64 or Visual Studio ([github.com/vlang/v/wiki/Installing-a-C-compiler-on-Windows](https://github.com/vlang/v/wiki/Installing-a-C-compiler-on-Windows)) and then run
```
git clone https://github.com/vlang/v
cd v
make.bat
```
### Testing