This is the F# compiler, core library and core tools (open source edition). It uses the Apache 2.0 license.
The master branch is for the latest version of F# (currently F# 3.0).
To bootstrap the compiler, binaries built from an earlier version of this project are used.
Requires mono 2.9 or higher. Prefer Mono 3.0.
On OSX, requires automake 2.69. To install from homebrew:
brew install automake
The usual:
./autogen.sh
make
sudo make install
Use a prefix to your version of Mono:
./autogen.sh --prefix=/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/
make
sudo make install
cd src
msbuild fsharp-proto-build.proj
msbuild fsharp-library-build.proj
msbuild fsharp-compiler-build.proj
You can also build the FSharp.Core for .NET 2.0, Mono 2.1, Silverlight 5.0, Portable Profile47 (net4+sl4+wp71+win8) and XNA 4.0 for Xbox 360 profiles:
msbuild fsharp-library-build.proj /p:TargetFramework=net20
msbuild fsharp-library-build.proj /p:TargetFramework=mono21
msbuild fsharp-library-build.proj /p:TargetFramework=portable-net4+sl4+wp71+win8
msbuild fsharp-library-build.proj /p:TargetFramework=sl5
msbuild fsharp-library-build.proj /p:TargetFramework=net40-xna40-xbox360
You can also build the FSharp.Core and FSharp.Compiler.Silverlight.dll for Silverlight 5.0:
msbuild fsharp-library-build.proj /p:TargetFramework=sl5-compiler
msbuild fsharp-compiler-build.proj /p:TargetFramework=sl5-compiler
cd src
xbuild fsharp-proto-build.proj
xbuild fsharp-library-build.proj
xbuild fsharp-compiler-build.proj
Building using xbuild does not yet lay down a Mono-ready distribution (see src/fsharp/targets.make), so should only be used for private development rather than preparing distributions.
The FSharp.Core.dll produced is only delay-signed (Mono does not require strong names). If a strong-name signed FSharp.Core.dll is needed then use the one in
lib\bootstrap\signed\3.0\v4.0\FSharp.Core.dll
Once built the main compiler binaries go in lib/release/4.0
There are versions of FSharp.Core for .NET 2.0 and MonoAndroid (Mono profile 2.1) in lib/release/2.0 lib/release/2.1
On 'make install' the binaries etc. go in the prefix, e.g.
/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/2.0/FSharp.Core.dll /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/2.1/FSharp.Core.dll /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/4.0/fsc.exe /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/4.0/FSharp.Compiler.dll ... /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/4.5/fsc.exe /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/4.5/FSharp.Compiler.dll ... /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/gac/.../FSharp.Compiler.dll /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/gac/.../FSharp.Compiler.dll ...
plus some files for xbuild support
/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/Microsoft\ F#/v4.0/*
/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/Microsoft\ SDKs/F#/3.0/Framework/*
(these names are the canonical names for Microsoft.FSharp.Targets used by project files coming from Visual Studio)
plus scripts
/usr/bin/fsharpc (F# compiler) /usr/bin/fsharpi (F# Interactive)
###Continuous Integration Build
We have a CI build set up with the JetBrains/Teamcity server as part of the F# community projects there:
http://teamcity.codebetter.com/project.html?projectId=project61&tab=projectOverview
@forki controls access. Right now this builds both a Mono 'make' install and a Windows 'cd src; msbuild fsharp-build.proj' build. No binaries are saved from the build, it is just for sanity checking.
###Editing the Compiler with Visual Studio or MonoDevelop
Open all-vs2012.sln, and edit in modes Debug or Release. The compiler takes a good while to compile and that
can be a bit invasive to the work flow, so it's normally better to do the actual compilation from
the command line, see above.
The F# support in MonoDevelop uses an in-process background compiler. On the Mac this causes pausing garbage collections to kick in which makes editing the compiler in MonoDevelop awkward.
This uses the proto compiler to build the unit tests that check some parts of FSharp.Core.dll and FSharp.Compiler.dll. There is also another set of tests under tests\fsharp.
msbuild fsharp-library-unittests-build.proj /p:TargetFramework=net40
Note: You must have NUnit installed to build the unit tests.
Here are some simple tests to validate what you have built by checking fsi.exe (F# Interactive) starts up:
lib\debug\4.0\fsi.exe
1 + 1;;
\#q;;
lib\debug\4.0\fsi.exe /help
lib\debug\4.0\fsc.exe /help
echo printfn "hello world" > hello.fs
lib\debug\4.0\fsc.exe hello.fs
hello.exe
There are language tests under tests\fsharp\core. The test apparatus is primitive and unfortunately uses batch files. You can run these on Windows using:
cd ..\tests\fsharp\core
..\..\build-and-run-all-installed-ilx-configs.bat results.log
The results file will contain one entry for each test directory, plus any reported errors.
tests\fsharp\core
tests\fsharp\core\queriesCustomQueryOps
tests\fsharp\core\queriesLeafExpressionConvert
tests\fsharp\core\queriesNullableOperators
tests\fsharp\core\queriesOverIEnumerable
...
Some tests for LINQ queries require SQL Server be installed. A failing test will look like this:
ERRORLEVEL=1: in tests\fsharp\core\csfromfs\build.bat
You can then go to the relevant directory and run build.bat and run.bat.
F# compiler sources dropped by Microsoft are available from fsharppowerpack.codeplex.com.
Uses bootstrapping libraries, tools and F# compiler. The lib/bootstrap/X.0 directories contain mono-built libraries, compiler and tools that can be used to bootstrap a build. You can also supply your own via the --with-bootstrap option.