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Use F# on Linux |
Install the .NET SDK. .NET is available for major Linux distributions and is typically installed with the system package manager of your distribution of choice.
Once that is installed, you can begin using F#!
Create a file called hello.fsx
that looks like this:
printfn "Hello World from F#"
Now compile and run this F# script with the following command:
dotnet fsi hello.fsx
If this is your first time using .NET, there will be a short, one-time message about using the .NET SDK. After that, you'll see the following output in your console:
Hello World from F#
To create a project use
dotnet new console --language F#
dotnet run
You will see a message saying "Hello World from F#".
For more information see Getting started with the F# command line tools.
Visual Studio Code is a free, open source, cross platform source code editor
supporting a lot of languages.
F# is supported by the Ionide project.
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Install the .NET SDK like in step 1.
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Install Visual Studio Code.
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Press
Ctrl+Shift+P
and enter the following to install the Ionide package for VS Code.ext install Ionide-fsharp
You can also install the plugin from the plugin pane on the left-hand side.
Ionide works best if you use the .NET CLI to create your projects. You can learn more in Get Started with F# in Visual Studio Code.
JetBrains Rider is a cross-platform .NET IDE built using IntelliJ and ReSharper technology. It offers support for .NET applications on all platforms.
You can install JetBrains Rider from here.
### Option 4: Build F# from source
You can build and contribute to the F# compiler and library from the source.