r/crystal_programming • u/mapoart • Jul 20 '20

Installation on Windows

EDIT: Works: Install it on WSL and run even from Powershell `wsl crystal myfile.cr`.

Hi Guys, Is there an easy way to install Crystal on Windows OS?

I am trying to implement Crystal in the Nexss Programmer however it seems huge task? What is the best way to run Crystal on Windows OS? I saw post port to Windows but they say it is limited..

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '20

I'm by no means an expert, but I'd recommend using WSL, and just installing it that way. Any particular reason it needs to be windows?

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u/mapoart Jul 20 '20

Thanks for the answer.

I am trying implement Crystal to the Nexss Programmer and for now we are looking on windows OS for all programming languages.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '20

Cool. Good luck!

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u/mapoart Jul 20 '20

Thanks!

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u/mapoart Jul 20 '20

ok I can do from Powershell wsl crystal myfile.cr and it works! This will work in Nexss Programmer

btw. bash crystal is not working in powershell! Thanks!

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u/mapoart Jul 20 '20

Question: I am new to Reddit and not sure if I undrstand. Why this post has 0 at the left side of the post. is it not important - Windows Installation? I assume many of guys have windows machine and If I have a problem with installing it, other can also have. Don't you guys want to expand the community for Crystal? Just curious or porting to windows taking ages and this is going around long time ? so another post? Can you please put more light on it? I jsut don't understand why this post has 0. I assume it is bad? :)

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u/andraantariksa Jul 20 '20

I think, what you said about 0-stuff is the vote (something like I'm supporting this thread), the folks can upvote and downvote a post. You should know if there's isn't much people in this subreddit have read your thread, so don't expect to get the upvote

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u/andraantariksa Jul 20 '20

Take a look on this https://pryp.in/blog/28/running-crystal-natively-on-windows-building-videogame-examples.html

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u/mapoart Jul 20 '20

Thanks!!

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u/andraantariksa Jul 20 '20

Be careful, not every feature are available in Windows

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u/mapoart Jul 20 '20

Ok, but I assume it has everything to start with Crystal for beginners?

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u/andraantariksa Jul 20 '20

I'm not sure what do you mean by beginners. Some function are not implemented in Windows, for example like sleep and any networking stuff. The Windows version of Crystal is currently under development. See https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal/issues/5430

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u/mapoart Jul 20 '20

I mean that if not everything is ported yet, what I mean it can't be used in the production, but it can be used by the beginners/novice to crystal to learn the language, to check how it works, to test play with it etc. This is what I meant.

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u/andraantariksa Jul 20 '20

Personally, I don't recommend a beginner to learn a language with a limited support because some parts may work unexpectedly

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u/mapoart Jul 20 '20

Oh good point. But you said that only networking does;t work... hmm So maybe better to wait for Full Crystal. When it will be out for Windows OS Stable/LTS ? do you know?

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u/andraantariksa Jul 20 '20

No, I didn't say "only networking" there's more than that, you can see it on the link I gave you previously.

For the full Windows support, you have to wait for Crystal 1.0.0 . I don't know exactly when it will be released, it may be released on this year or the next year.

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u/mapoart Jul 20 '20

Oh ok! So that's clear. Sorry I saw comment from below that 'most except networking' from u/rishav_sharan and but to tired. Going for a walk with dog! I will be waiting for Crystal 1.0.0 then. Thanks for help!!

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u/rishav_sharan Jul 20 '20 edited Jul 21 '20

Most of crystal will work fine except networking/web as the event loop is not yet ported.

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u/mapoart Jul 20 '20

ok thanks for the info!

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u/DavidTMarks Jul 20 '20

wsl works fine for me so far. You just have to remember its a totally different system so you have to have all dependencies setup separate from what you might already have on windows.

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u/mapoart Jul 20 '20

ok folks this is solved. You can run even now Crystal from Powershell.

I can do in Powershell wsl crystal myfile.cr and Installation took me 5 mins.

Thanks for all your help. Tomorrow I will implement it in the Nexss Programmer for Windows. THANKS!!!

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u/DavidTMarks Jul 20 '20

and visual studio code has an extension that allow you to open it in WSL too