Installation guide for Aiken

Below is the installation guide for Aiken to get you started

Welcome to the Aiken installation guide! This tutorial will walk you through the steps to set up Aiken, a powerful tool for your development needs. Follow the instructions below to get started. By any chance, if you're confused about anything. Refer to the official installation guide at Aiken-Lang

Prerequisites

Before installing Aiken, ensure you have the following dependencies:

Installing Rust and Cargo

To install Rust and Cargo, use rustup. Run the following command in your terminal:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

if you have rust already installed in your system you can skip to this part Install Aikup (installer & version manager) for npm (cross-platform)

npm install -g @aiken-lang/aikup

for Homebrew (macOS)

brew install aiken-lang/tap/aikup

Shell script (macOS & Linux)

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://install.aiken-lang.org | sh

PowerShell (Windows)

irm https://windows.aiken-lang.org | iex

Once installed, simply run:

aikup

This installs the latest stable Aiken. To install a specific version:

aikup 0.0.11

Install & verify Aiken CLI After installing via aikup, you’ll get the aiken CLI in your $PATH. Verify installation:

aiken --version

You should see output like:

aiken 0.x.y

Integrations for IDEs & Shell

Aiken ships with:

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