Install META
Using metax (Recommended)
It looks like you're rocking macOS, Linux, or another Unix-like OS. To download METAx and install META run the following in your terminal, then follow the on-screen instructions
curl -fsSL https://meta-lang.com/sh | bash
Standalone installation
META is also available as a standalone binary. You can install it for your platform by running the following in your terminal. This will download a zip file containing the binaries. You can specify a version number to download a specific version or use latest
to download the newest version. All downloads are also available as releases on GitHub.
curl -fsSL https://meta-lang.com/bin/linux-x64/latest
Notes about the installation
Getting Started
If you're just getting started with META and would like a more detailed walk-through, see our documentation pages.
Toolchain management with metax
META is installed and managed by the metax tool. Since every platform is different we support many different builds, METAx automatically manages them and installs the correct version of the META binary.
You will automatically be informed when there are any
updates available for META or METAx. Updates can be
installed at any time by running metax self update
For more information see the METAx documentation.
Configuring the PATH
environment variable
All tools are installed to the ~/.metax/bin directory, and this is where you will find the META toolchain, including METAx.
During installation METAx will attempt to configure the PATH accordingly. Because of differences between platforms, command shells and environments, the modifications to PATH may not take effect until the console is restarted, or the user is logged out, or it may not succeed at all.
If, after installation, running metax -v
in the
console fails, this is the most likely reason.
Uninstall METAx
If at any point you would like to uninstall METAx, you can
run metax self uninstall
. We'll miss you though!