Linux

Quick install

One command installs varyup (the toolchain manager) and the latest Vary toolchain.

curl -fsSL https://github.com/ccollicutt/vary/releases/latest/download/install.sh | sh

This will download varyup to ~/.vary/bin/, install the latest Vary toolchain, and install the vary compiler shim.

Then add ~/.vary/bin to your PATH. Add this line to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc:

export PATH="$HOME/.vary/bin:$PATH"

Restart your shell, then verify:

vary --version

You should see:

Vary vX-alpha.Y

Options

Environment variables VARY_HOME (default: ~/.vary) and VARY_RELEASE_URL can override defaults.

Manual install

If you prefer not to pipe to sh, you can install manually:

1. Download varyup

mkdir -p ~/.vary/bin
curl -fSL "https://github.com/ccollicutt/vary/releases/latest/download/varyup-linux-x64" -o ~/.vary/bin/varyup
chmod +x ~/.vary/bin/varyup

2. Verify checksum

curl -fSL "https://github.com/ccollicutt/vary/releases/latest/download/SHA256SUMS" -o /tmp/SHA256SUMS
cd ~/.vary/bin && grep "varyup-linux-x64$" /tmp/SHA256SUMS | sha256sum -c -

You should see varyup-linux-x64: OK. If the check fails, delete the binary and retry the download.

3. Add to PATH

Add to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc:

export PATH="$HOME/.vary/bin:$PATH"

Reload your shell and install a toolchain:

source ~/.bashrc   # or: source ~/.zshrc
varyup toolchain install latest

Managing toolchains

List available versions:

varyup toolchain list-available

Install a specific version:

varyup toolchain install <version>

Short aliases are available:

varyup tc la   # list-available
varyup tc i    # install

Run varyup with no arguments to see all commands and aliases.

Install VS Code extension

Each toolchain bundles the Vary VS Code extension. Install it with:

varyup vscode install

See VS Code for full extension documentation.

Next steps