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I wished they made the ecosystem as easy as Go to install on Linux. Last time I "tried" to get into F# (The lang looks really good). I was lost between mono and

I wished they made the ecosystem as easy as Go to install on Linux. Last time I "tried" to get into F# (The lang looks really good). I was lost between mono and .net and the other 1000000 gazillion libraries I had to install to get a basic dev-env. After giving up half my SSD in storage, I still had env issues. :/

Barrin92 6y ago
Nowadays it's pretty straight forward. Just run `sudo snap install dotnet-sdk --classic`, install plugins for fsharp for vscode and you're good to go.
- rattray 6y ago
  What's the --classic flag for? Just curious
  - knocte 6y ago
    Classic confinement (no sandboxing) because an IDE needs to access tons of stuff from your system (the compilers, your projects, etc).
    - rattray 6y ago
      Ah, thank you!
- chusk3 6y ago
  Worth noting that snap installs aren't supported in the vscode tooling for F#. There's an open issue and I have a handle on some of the core problems, but they invalidate a ton of assumptions we have. The safer route is to install the non-snap-based versions. (I maintain this tooling, for what it's worth)
  - knocte 6y ago
    Can you link to the open issue? I want to subscribe to it.
  - xupybd 6y ago
    Thanks for working on this tooling. Your efforts are much appreciated.
- deleted 6y ago
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phillipcarter 6y ago
You can follow this guide for installing on your distro of choice: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux Unless you have a reason to only use LTS releases, install .NET 5. I suppose this doc could clarify that 3.1 is an LTS and .NET 5 is a "current" (but newer and better).
pharmakom 6y ago
Same, but it’s much better now. The best combination in my experience is: - .Net Core 5 - VS Code - Ionide
- Multicomp 6y ago
  literally yesterday I installed the above from nothing and was trying out some F# for fun and profit code within moments...amazing how far the tooling has come from even 2 years ago
angio 6y ago
My experience is the opposite, with .NET Core I can manage multiple versions of the SDK with my linux package manager and not an external tool. Then in each project I specify which SDK I want to use and what dotnet tools to install.
mumblemumble 6y ago
It's become a lot easer with the .NET 5 release from a couple months back. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-5-0/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-5-0/
3836293648 6y ago
Isn't F# essentially just OCaml on .NET? Wouldn't OCaml be easier to get running?
- mumblemumble 6y ago
  In the same way that Objective-C is just C++ on OS X. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25989061 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25989061

Barrin92 6y ago

Nowadays it's pretty straight forward. Just run `sudo snap install dotnet-sdk --classic`, install plugins for fsharp for vscode and you're good to go.

rattray 6y ago
What's the --classic flag for? Just curious
- knocte 6y ago
  Classic confinement (no sandboxing) because an IDE needs to access tons of stuff from your system (the compilers, your projects, etc).
  - rattray 6y ago
    Ah, thank you!
chusk3 6y ago
Worth noting that snap installs aren't supported in the vscode tooling for F#. There's an open issue and I have a handle on some of the core problems, but they invalidate a ton of assumptions we have. The safer route is to install the non-snap-based versions. (I maintain this tooling, for what it's worth)
- knocte 6y ago
  Can you link to the open issue? I want to subscribe to it.
- xupybd 6y ago
  Thanks for working on this tooling. Your efforts are much appreciated.
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phillipcarter 6y ago

You can follow this guide for installing on your distro of choice: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux Unless you have a reason to only use LTS releases, install .NET 5. I suppose this doc could clarify that 3.1 is an LTS and .NET 5 is a "current" (but newer and better).

pharmakom 6y ago

Same, but it’s much better now. The best combination in my experience is: - .Net Core 5 - VS Code - Ionide

Multicomp 6y ago
literally yesterday I installed the above from nothing and was trying out some F# for fun and profit code within moments...amazing how far the tooling has come from even 2 years ago

angio 6y ago

My experience is the opposite, with .NET Core I can manage multiple versions of the SDK with my linux package manager and not an external tool. Then in each project I specify which SDK I want to use and what dotnet tools to install.

mumblemumble 6y ago

It's become a lot easer with the .NET 5 release from a couple months back. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-5-0/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-5-0/

3836293648 6y ago

Isn't F# essentially just OCaml on .NET? Wouldn't OCaml be easier to get running?

mumblemumble 6y ago
In the same way that Objective-C is just C++ on OS X. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25989061 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25989061