Please add support for windows and macOS

[fenginsc]

Please add support for windows and macOS

[Munksgaard]

You should be able to install Futhark on macOS using homebrew.

Windows is not officially supported, but you should be able to get it to work through WSL.

What problems have you encountered when trying to use either method?

[fenginsc]

You should be able to install Futhark on macOS using homebrew.

Windows is not officially supported, but you should be able to get it to work through WSL.

What problems have you encountered when trying to use either method?

Thanks for the reply, I just wish macOS had a separate binary installer, and official support for windows instead of WSL.

[athas]

Homebrew is so easy to use (and Windows so fragile in CI) that we have no plans to make binaries for these platforms anytime soon.

[haoranpb]

@athas Just a minor thing, this doesn't work on macOS, specifically the -D

futhark/Makefile

Line 26 in ec3c95b

install -D $$(cabal -v0 list-bin exe:futhark) $(PREFIX)/bin/futhark

[jmhimara]

I would also like to add that while the WSL option works, there's currently no OpenCL support there. So a windows port would be nice, although I understand why this is not a priority.

I was able to compile it natively on windows (since haskell is available), but every time I run it I keep getting the error: Unknown import "/prelude/prelude" Maybe the haskell code is not able to find certain libraries?

[athas]

I think NVIDIA supports CUDA (and maybe also OpenCL) under WSL. Not sure about AMD.

The import error is unfortunate and is related to differences in pathname representation (Windows uses backslashes). I remember fixing that bug many times, and it's not surprising that it has snuck back in. I'll see if I can dig up a Windows system and fix it again.

[jmhimara]

@athas Yes, I think Cuda works but I haven't seen any reference to OpenCL working in WSL. I only have an AMD card at my disposal right now. Perhaps I can try again once I get my hands on an nvidia system.

[athas]

I fixed the bug that prevented anything from working. I'll merge it once #1760 passes CI. Windows is still poorly tested, so I have no idea how well it works, but it should at least be able to compile programs.

[jmhimara]

@athas Thanks!

I can probably find the time to do some more tests on Windows, see what works and what doesn't. At the very least you'll have a record for future reference.