For Debian-based distros, this should be all you need:
sudo apt-get install -y curl git git-lfs zip build-essential entr libssl-dev libdouble-conversion-dev pkg-config ninja-build python3-pip cmake debhelper devscripts gnupg zlib1g-dev entr libffi-dev clang libreadline-dev libzip-dev libbz2-dev doctest-dev libboost-all-dev gcc-14 g++-14For Arch:
sudo pacman -S git git-lfs clang pkg-config cmake ninja make python3 libffi entr doctest boost libzip lbzip2For macOS, try this:
brew install curl git git-lfs zip entr openssl double-conversion pkg-config ninja python cmake gnupg zlib doctest boost libzip lbzip2Clone the repo as follows:
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/jank-lang/jank.git
# If you didn't recurse submodules when cloning, you'll need to run this.
git submodule update --recursive --initNote that you must compile Clang/LLVM. This can take an hour or two, depending on your machine. Building jank itself should take a minute or two.
cd compiler+runtime
mkdir -p build
cd build
export CC=clang; export CXX=clang++;
../bin/build-clang
cd -
export CC=$PWD/build/llvm-install/usr/local/bin/clang; export CXX=$PWD/build/llvm-install/usr/local/bin/clang++
On macOS also do this:
export SDKROOT=$(xcrun --sdk macosx --show-sdk-path)
At this point, you're ready to build jank.
A typical release build just needs the following:
./bin/configure -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
./bin/compileTo make a debug build, specify the build type when configuring.
./bin/configure -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -Djank_tests=on
./bin/compile
# When developing, continuously run the tests locally.
./bin/watch ./bin/testTo run jank's repl, inside of /compiler+runtime, do
./build/jank replThere's also a script for installing jank and all its necessary dependencies. Note that this includes a lot of header files, which are necessary for jank's JIT compilation.
./bin/configure -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
./bin/install