At this point Fe is only available for Linux and MacOS.

Note: If you happen to be a Windows developer, consider getting involved and help us to support the Windows platform. Here would be a good place to start.

At this point Fe is only distributed via a single executable file linked from the home page. In the future we will make sure it can be installed through popular package managers such as apt or homebrew.

Depending on your operating system, the file that you download is either named fe_amd64 or fe_mac.

Note: We will rename the file to fe and assume that name for the rest of the guide. In the future when Fe can be installed via other mechanisms we can assume fe to become the canonical command name.

In order to be able to execute the Fe compiler we will have to make the file executable. This can be done by navigating to the directory where the file is located and executing chmod + x <filename> (e.g. chmod +x fe).

After we have set the proper permissions we should be able to run ./fe and an output that should be roughly comparable to:

fe 0.21.0-alpha
The Fe Developers <snakecharmers@ethereum.org>
An implementation of the Fe smart contract language

USAGE:
    fe_amd64_latest <SUBCOMMAND>

OPTIONS:
    -h, --help       Print help information
    -V, --version    Print version information

SUBCOMMANDS:
    build    Build the current project
    check    Analyze the current project and report errors, but don't build artifacts
    help     Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
    new      Create new fe project