This is a pre-built package of Rakudo, a Raku compiler.
This package includes the Rakudo compiler and the module installer Zef.
To run a Raku program, open a command prompt and type
/path/to/this/folder/bin/raku my_script.p6
or start a REPL by calling raku without an argument
/path/to/this/folder/bin/raku
To add the relevant paths to your environment so you don't have to type the full path run the following script (don't forget the '$()'):
$(scripts/set-env.sh)
To install Raku modules you can use the Zef module installer.
/path/to/this/folder/bin/raku /path/to/this/folder/share/perl6/site/bin/zef install JSON::Fast
Modules will be installed into this Raku package and will thus be available even when moving this package.
To install modules that require a compiler toolchain, you have to have a compiler installed.
- On Debian/Ubuntu based systems do
sudo apt-get install gcc make - On RedHat/Fedora based systems do
sudo dnf install gcc make
Recent changes and feature additions are documented in the docs/ChangeLog
text file.
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There are several mailing lists, IRC channels, and wikis available with help for Raku and Rakudo. Figuring out the right one to use is often the biggest battle. Here are some rough guidelines:
The central hub for Raku information is raku.org. This is always a good starting point.
If you have a question about Raku syntax or the right way to approach a problem using Raku, you probably want the “perl6-users@perl.org” mailing list or the irc.freenode.net/#raku IRC channel. The perl6-users list is primarily for the people who want to use Raku to write programs, so newbie questions are welcomed there. Newbie questions are also welcome on the #raku channel; the Rakudo and Raku development teams tend to hang out there and are generally glad to help. There's a Raku news aggregator at Planet Raku.
Questions about NQP can also be posted to the #raku IRC channel. For questions about MoarVM, you can join #moarvm on freenode.
See https://rakudo.org/issue-trackers
If you have a patch that fixes a bug or adds a new feature, please create a pull request using github's pull request infrastructure.
See our contribution guidelines for more information.
Rakudo is Copyright © 2008-2020, The Perl Foundation. Rakudo is distributed under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0. For more details, see the full text of the license in the file LICENSE.
See CREDITS for the many people that have contributed to the development of the Rakudo compiler.