Installation instructions for Linux

[pmqs]

I'm attempting to install on Linux, but there are missing instructions on https://rakubrew.org/

First the Installation section. This only has instructions for a windows install.

Installation
============

On `CMD` you need to download https://rakubrew.org/install-on-cmd.bat and then
execute that script in a CMD terminal.

On `PowerShell` just copy and paste the following piece of code into a
Powershell window (Don't forget the "." at the start of the command!):

    . {iwr -useb https://rakubrew.org/install-on-powershell.ps1 } | iex

So, onto the next section

Bare bones installation
=======================

If the above installation script somehow doesn't work for you, you can install
rakubrew manually.

First download the right rakubrew executable for your platform:

    Unix-ish: https://rakubrew.org/perl/rakubrew
    Mac OS:   https://rakubrew.org/macos/rakubrew
    Windows:  https://rakubrew.org/win/rakubrew.exe

Put that file into a folder that's in your `PATH` and run

    rakubrew mode shim

That's all!

I downloaded https://rakubrew.org/perl/rakubrew, but when I run rakubrew I get

$ rakudobrew 
bash: /home/paul/.rakudobrew/bin/rakudobrew: No such file or directory

What am I missing?

[JJ]

El mar, 22 dic 2020 a las 10:56, Paul Marquess (notifications@github.com) escribió:

I'm attempting to install on Linux, but there are missing instructions on https://rakubrew.org/

First the Installation section. This only has instructions for a windows install.

Installation

On CMD you need to download https://rakubrew.org/install-on-cmd.bat and then execute that script in a CMD terminal.

On PowerShell just copy and paste the following piece of code into a Powershell window (Don't forget the "." at the start of the command!):

. {iwr -useb https://rakubrew.org/install-on-powershell.ps1 } | iex

So, onto the next section

Bare bones installation

If the above installation script somehow doesn't work for you, you can install rakubrew manually.

First download the right rakubrew executable for your platform:

Unix-ish: https://rakubrew.org/perl/rakubrew
Mac OS:   https://rakubrew.org/macos/rakubrew
Windows:  https://rakubrew.org/win/rakubrew.exe

Put that file into a folder that's in your PATH and run

rakubrew mode shim

That's all!

I downloaded https://rakubrew.org/perl/rakubrew, but when I run rakubrew I get

$ rakudobrew bash: /home/paul/.rakudobrew/bin/rakudobrew: No such file or directory

Did you realize you've downloaded rakubrew but are running rakudobrew?

[patrickbkr]

@pmqs rakubrew.org does OS detection and displays instructions for the respective OS. Did you access the page from a Windows computer or have a UserAgent switcher active in your browser? If accessed from a Linux computer proper Linux install instructions should be displayed.

I probably should put some links on the page to be able to manually set the version to be displayed...

[pmqs]

Did you realize you've downloaded rakubrew but are running rakudobrew?

Duh! Bad case of pilot error.

[pmqs]

@pmqs rakubrew.org does OS detection and displays instructions for the respective OS. Did you access the page from a Windows computer or have a UserAgent switcher active in your browser? If accessed from a Linux computer proper Linux install instructions should be displayed.

@patrickbkr Yes, that's exactly what I did. Loaded the page under Linux & it looks fine.

One comment about the colour scheme for the web page. On Linux the background is black and the text is easily readable. On Windows the background is a bluish purple mix. Makes it very difficult to read the text (particularly the hyperlinks).

I probably should put some links on the page to be able to manually set the version to be displayed...

Yeah, I think that would help.

[patrickbkr]

@pmqs WRT to the color scheme. The Windows colors mimic those of the default Powershell console. So the webpage looks as good or bad as the console does. :-P IIRC the new PS7 console has an a bit updated color scheme, if that's true we could update to that...