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haxeget
The easier way to install and manage Haxe compiler versions
Installation
On macOS and Linux, the easiest way to install is to use the meta-installer with this one command
curl -- proto' =https' -- tlsv1 - sSf| bash On Windows and other platforms, you can download the executable from the releases tab and add it to your path, or you can install via cargo with the following command.
cargo install haxeget
Usage
# Here is how we would install version 4.3.2 of the compiler
$ haxeget install 4.3.2
$ haxeget use 4.3.2
$ haxe # Can now run haxe and haxelib freely
If needed, we can install another version and switch freely between them with the haxeget use < version>
Commands
Command
About
Install
Installs the specified version of Haxe or Neko. ex: 4. 3 . 3 neko nightly
Uninstall
Uninstalls the specified version
Use
Selects the version of Haxe to use
List
Lists the installed versions
Rc
Installs the version of Haxe specified in .haxerc
Update
Updates haxeget
Current
Outputs the currently used Haxe version
Why Rust?
I wanted to mess with the Rust programming language and this seemed like a decent opportunity. If I had proper hindsight, I would have written it in a better language like Go, Zig, or even godforbid Haxe itself. This gives us the interesting property of not forcing you to have a pre-existing Haxe compiler set up to install Haxe itself.
Alternatives
haxe-manager : The original inspiration for this, still a valid option!asdf-haxe : If I was aware that asdf had a Haxe plugin, I would probably just have used that. Writing my own is a lot more entertaining though!