Installation and Versioning

How AiLang toolchains are installed, selected, and updated.

Install Location

~/.ailang/
  bin/
  toolchains/
    local/
    0.0.1-beta.22/
  current

The shims in ~/.ailang/bin route commands to the selected toolchain.

Release Channels

curl -fsSL https://ailang.codes/install.sh | sh
curl -fsSL https://ailang.codes/install.sh | sh -s -- --channel beta
curl -fsSL https://ailang.codes/install.sh | sh -s -- --version 0.0.1-beta.22

The default channel is beta until the first stable release. Beta, release-candidate, stable, and local builds use the same install layout.

Package Targets

Platform targets are package-driven. A project restores target packages through ailang package restore, and the CLI invokes the target-owned run, publish, doctor, or flash tools. 

ailang package restore
ailang publish . --target aios-gui --target-option arch=aarch64

Target package versions are independent from reusable platform base images. For AiOS, target-aios-gui 0.0.1-alpha.5 can reuse an existing base-version=0.0.1-alpha.1 Buildroot base cache.

Project Toolchain

[toolchain]
version = "local"

A project can select a local development toolchain without changing the global default.

Source

View the full installation and versioning contract on GitHub.