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@ -45,9 +45,8 @@ https://github.com/vlang/v/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
## Installing V from source ## 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 ```bash
# You can clone V anywhere # You can clone V anywhere
@ -55,7 +54,19 @@ git clone https://github.com/vlang/v
cd v cd v
make 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 ```bash
# Download the V compiler's source translated to C # Download the V compiler's source translated to C
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vlang/vc/master/v.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 ./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: You can create a symlink so that it's globally available:
@ -79,20 +90,6 @@ make
``` ```
### 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 ### Testing