p6env - Perl6 environment manager
Last year, I created yet another Perl6 environment manager, p6env. Speaking of Perl6 environment managers, I think everyone imagine rakudobrew. Yes, it is awesome.
Here are pros and cons of p6env:
- Pros
- p6env is one of the env family (rbenv, plenv, pyenv, etc.). So if you’re already familiar with them, you can use p6env even without any explanation.
- You can easily write plugins for p6env. See, for example, https://github.com/skaji/p6env-update.
- It can install rakudo-star distributions by default.
- Cons
- It does not support Windows.
Since I created p6env, I have been using it and like it. I hope you try it.
How to install p6env
Here, we assume you use bash as your default shell. If you use different shells, please read README at github instead.
# 1. install p6env
❯ git clone https://github.com/skaji/p6env ~/.p6env
# 2. add two lines to ~/.bash_profile
❯ echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.p6env/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
❯ echo 'eval "$(p6env init -)"' >> ~/.bash_profile
# 3. install perl6-build, which is the actual implementation of "install" command
❯ git clone https://github.com/skaji/perl6-build ~/.p6env/plugins/perl6-build
# 4. restart your shell
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How to use p6env
Here is typical usage of p6env.
List available Perl6
❯ p6env install -l
Available versions (latest 20 versions):
rakudo-star-2018.10
rakudo-star-2018.06
rakudo-star-2018.04
rakudo-star-2018.01
rakudo-star-2017.10
rakudo-star-2017.07
rakudo-star-2017.04
rakudo-star-2017.01
rakudo-star-2016.11
rakudo-star-2016.10
2018.12
2018.11
2018.10
2018.09
2018.08
2018.06
2018.05
2018.04.1
2018.04
2018.03
Install rakudo-star or perl6 from rakudo git repository
# install rakudo-star 2018.10
❯ p6env install rakudo-star-2018.10
# install perl6 from rakudo git repository with HEAD
❯ p6env install HEAD
# Install perl6 from rakudo git repository with jvm backend
❯ p6env install --jvm HEAD
Use your Perl6
❯ p6env versions
2018.12-125-g4a152da50
2018.12-125-g4a152da50-jvm
rakudo-star-2018.10
❯ p6env global rakudo-star-2018.10
❯ perl6 -v
This is Rakudo Star version 2018.10 built on MoarVM version 2018.10
implementing Perl 6.c.
Install zef into current Perl6
❯ p6env install-zef
❯ zef --help
Zef - Perl6 Module Management
That’s all. Happy hacking with p6env!
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Tried everything out, and it works great. Thanks for your effort! But not sure what is happening to executables zef installs. Rakudobrew a rehash would have the 'cro' executable in my path after an install. I cant even find a file with that name in .p6env/ after using the zef from the environment. Is this a known limitation? The library installs fine though.
First, check which zef you've executed:
If the output is ~/.p6env/shims/zef, then you shoud have cro in the same directory, i.e., ~/.p6env/shims/cro. (this is expected)
If the output is something like /path/to/.../share/perl6/site/bin/zef, then your setup of p6env is incomplete.
Please make sure
a) you add the two lines to ~/.bash_profile or something,
b) restart your shell,
c) check ~/.p6env/shims comes first in $PATH environment variable.
Yeah I removed the entirety of my old environment first. Its the zef and perl6 from within .p6env, the environment variables are set. I just tried installing another module with a CLI tool and it worked fine. I'll try reinstalling Cro and checking the log.