I was hoping to upgrade to F# 3.0 but I can't find either a packaged F# 3.0 compiler on Microsoft site, nor if there is an express version to use. Is it possible to install F# 3.0 for use from the command line or a simple IDE and if so, how?
The standalone version of F# is not available yet, but F# tools for Visual Studio Express have been released just 2 days ago, so you can get F# 3.0 for free.
Announcing F# Tools for Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web!
As far as I know, there are definitely plans for open-source release (that can be integrated with MonoDevelop) and it would make sense to have a stand-alone installer too (otherwise you could still just compile the open-source release), but I don't think there are specific dates for that.
The easiest way I've got it to run:
http://www.heartysoft.com/build-fsharp-3-on-build-server-without-vs
Essentially using the direct download link on the Web PI tools.
I have successfully make a standalone F# 3.0 works without Visual Studio 2012.
First, find a workstation with F# 3.0 installed. (source)
Duplicate all the things to destination workstation.
-> C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\F#
-> C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\FSharp
-> C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\FSharp*
Install .NET 4.5 at destination.
Export all the registry item with FSC.exe string to destination.
Export all the registry item with FSharp string to destination.
f# 3.0 registry.rar
if you don't know how to export the registry items, please download this file and use powershell to import all this .reg file.
PowerShell script: (put the .reg files into c:\xxx suppossedly )
cd c:\xxx
dir *.reg | %{ ('reg import "' + $_.Name + '"') | cmd }
I'm assuming most of you seeking an answer to this question by now probably wouldn't mind the most recent version, which is 4.0. You can download this as a standalone at F# 4.0 . This does not include the supporting assemblies and will fail by itself. So you'll also have to download and install the Microsoft Build Tools 2015 . Should be all set to go from there, no installing the mega-massive visual studio. Of course if you need an IDE you'll need to seek out a free one.
You can use Nuget CLI to install the F# Compiler Tools without relying on Visual Studio. As a plus, this procedure does not require admin rights.
Visit nuget.org/downloads and download the latest nuget.exe file.
Instruct your browser to save the file to a folder of your choice.
Add the folder where you placed nuget.exe to your PATH environment variable to use the CLI tool from anywhere.
Open a command prompt and navigate to the folder where you want to install F# Tools.
Run "nuget install FSharp.Compiler.Tools -Version {version}", where {version} is replaced with a version from https://www.nuget.org/packages/FSharp.Compiler.Tools
Add the 'tools' directory to your PATH Environment Variable and then you will be able to use fsc and fsi from the command line.
There is not currently a standalone version of F# 3.0. However, one has been promised
I run F# 3.0 from the cygwin command line on Windows 7. You need to know a little about Linux/Unix to use cygwin, but the basics are not too difficult. You need the basic cygwin shell (command interpreter) and an editor. I am used to vi, so cygwin has vim (there exists a nice F# syntax color addon to vim).
You need to:
Install visual studio in order to get F#
in /users/myname/.bashrc add the location of Fsc.exe, which in my case is
/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SDKs/F#/3.0/Framework/v4.0
to your PATH.
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I am trying to install F# with Visual studio code in Windows 10. I have installed dotnet framework first.
Then I have installed lonide-fsharp in visual studio code.
Then I have included the path of fsi in visual studio by clicking the Preferences->extensions->selected F# and Included the path.
Now in the visual studio code I typed ctrl+shift+p then I have typed fsi start, I am getting an error.
I tried with '/' and '\'. in the path. Every time I change I uninstalled the lonide and installed it again.
When I do fsi start ,F# should get started or what are all the other ways that I can make F# to start.
What is happening here is 'C:/Program Files/dotnet/sdk/3.0.100/FSharp/fsi the path does not exist'.
First, make sure you have the latest version of VS Code and Ionide.
Then, if you install the .NET Core 3.0 SDK from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download, then it should install fsi.exe to that path. And then F# Interactive should just work with Ionide without any other configuration needed.
I am using Visual studio for mac. I need to install some packages but I can't find package manager console for that.
Visual studio version: Preview 1 (7.0 build 347)
Warning:
A commenter reports this extension crashes VS Community 2019 for Mac version 8.5 (Build 3183). I haven't upgraded to it, so I can't speak to this. Anyone with information/fix/alternate approach, please chime in down in the comments.
OK:
At least in Visual Studio Community 8.4.8 build 2, you can find it under Visual Studio-->Extensions, using search term "nuget":
It took me so long to find this I hope it helps someone else find it faster!
Similar to Xamarin Studio, you have to use its dialog,
https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/xamarin-studio/nuget_walkthrough/
As there was no cross platform PowerShell, Xamarin Studio lacks of Package Manager Console. It might come one day in Visual Studio for Mac. We will see.
You can follow the NuGet CLI reference and install it
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/tools/nuget-exe-cli-reference
An excerpt from that link provided reads:
macOS/Linux
Behaviors may vary slightly by OS distribution.
Install Mono 4.4.2 or later.
Execute the following commands at a shell prompt:
# Download the latest stable `nuget.exe` to `/usr/local/bin`
sudo curl -o /usr/local/bin/nuget.exe https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/latest/nuget.exe
# Give the file permissions to execute
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/nuget.exe
Create an alias by adding the following script to the appropriate file for your OS (typically ~/.bash_aliases or ~/.bash_profile):
# Create as alias for nuget
alias nuget="mono /usr/local/bin/nuget.exe"
Reload the shell. Test the installation by entering nuget with no parameters. NuGet CLI help should display.
I found a good reference for mac users:
https://github.com/mrward/monodevelop-nuget-extensions
Thanks for the reference and it works for me.
I have an F# program I built in VS2013. I am intending to deploy this on a windows 2008 R2 server with .NET framework 4.5 installed. Now, when I build the program in visual studio, it creates an exe in the debug/bin directory (MyProgram.exe). Do I need to include a copy of fharp.core.dll with the exe? Or, will the build process automatically compile the necessary dependancy DLLs (fsharp.core, fsharp.data, fsharp.data.TypeProviders)? Most of the research I can search online for seems to look at VS2010 and I am not using fsc,exe currently.
Thanks for any insight provided.
You can use the compiler option --standalone to statically links the FSharp.Core.dll (F# runtime) and any reference assemblies that depend on it (i.e. any other F# assemblies).
You may or may not need to copy FSharp.Core.dll together with the .exe.
If F# is already installed on the server, you may not need it, but it has to be the correct version of F#.
Otherwise, the F# license allows you to deploy FSharp.Core.dll together with your own binaries.
There's also the 'official' FSharp.Core NuGet package, if that's more to your liking.
I am currently learning F# and preparing to write my first program. I will be using Visual Studio 10 in Windows 7 to write the code, because the F# support for MonoDevelop is a few versions behind.
My normal day-to-day development environment is Mac Os X 10.7. I have Mono and MonoDevelop installed. After I finish writing my masterpiece, how do I package it for running on Os X? What DLLs do I need to send to other Windows users so that they can run my .exe file? How do they install those DLLs?
In the Java world (where I usually live), I just package my Java code with any dependencies into a monolithic UberJAR that I can send to anyone who has the appropriate version of Java (usually 6) and they can run my code by typing
java -jar MyUberJar.jar
I routinely write code in Scala and include the Scala library, along with any other dependencies.
Is there any easy way to do something similar for .NET, and specifically for F#?
One alternative is to use the --standalone flag to fsc which will statically compile all the DLL's you need into a single large EXE. The people you send it to will still need to install Mono, but there are no other dependencies.
I think this is what most people use:
http://wix.sourceforge.net/
I say "I think" because at work we've got a release team that builds the installer package for us.
I converted VS2006 vc++ project to VS2008. When compiling I get the above error. How do i fix it? am I missing this exe ?
There is a bug in the Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition installer. It does not install cl.exe if you only install Visual C++ but not Visual C#. To work around this you have to install Visual C# even if you do not need this.
cl.exe is VS2008 (and any other VS) C/C++ compiler, so check for more detailed error message why it cannot be spawned. Be sure you've installed C++ language support when installing VS2008.
It could be that your "path" environment variable does not contain the path to the folder where cl.exe is located.
Another possible reason could be that when installing VS2008, you did not select the option to install the Win32 tools (which include the command line compiler).
In any case, you may want to try to repair the installation of VS2008 (by running its setup via Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs), or use its "Add/Remove components" option and add the "Win32 tools" option (under Visual C++ - Visual C++ Tools).
I had this problem under Windows 10 and solved it by adding the following paths to the PATH environment variable:
C:\ProgramFilesC\VS2008\Common7\IDE
C:\ProgramFilesC\VS2008\VC\bin\x86_amd64
where C:\ProgramFilesC\VS2008 is the path where I installed Visual Studio.
Actually this error occurs because of path is not correctly set.
Goto Tools>Options>Directories> show directories for > Select Executable files
Here copy the path address from the folder where you installed and paste that path address
G:\Program files\vb (visual basic) 6.0\Visual Basic 6.0\VC98\BIN
then click OK.
This may work for you.