>From the recently updated http://www.perl6.org/downloads/
% wget http://rakudo.org/downloads/star/rakudo-star-2016.01.tar.gz
% tar xfz rakudo-star-2016.01.tar.gz
% cd rakudo-star-2016.01
# perl Configure.pl --gen-moar --prefix /opt/rakudo-star-2016.01
# make install
On 5 February 2016 at 00:57, James E Keenan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Follow-up questions to those I posed on perl6-users today.
>
> So I have successfully used rakudobrew to build moar and panda. That perl6
> executable is located here:
> $ which perl6
> /home/jkeenan/.rakudobrew/bin/perl6
>
> Now, suppose I *also* wish to install Rakudo Star. I've downloaded the
> rakudo-star-2016.01 tarball and have read the instructions in README for
> installation. From past experience, I guess that if I say simply:
>
> $ perl Configure.pl --backend=moar --gen-moar
> $ make
> $ make install
>
> ... that this will install in /usr/local/bin/. Is that recommended
> (assuming that my main emphasis is on learning Perl6 in the context of a
> beginners study group)?
>
> Is there a PREFIX setting, should I wish to install it under my home
> directory?
>
> Thanks to all who worked on getting Rakudo Star yesterday and who
> contributed to the earlier thread.
>
> Jim Keenan
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