is a compiler for the Raku Pogramming Language (formerly known as Perl 6).
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| ## Windows | | ## Windows |
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| ### Spectest requirements | | ### Spectest requirements |
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| You need a recent version of either Strawberry Perl or ActiveState Perl. | | You need a recent version of either Strawberry Perl or ActiveState Perl. |
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| You will need a compiler - Strawberry Perl ships with one. You can also | | You will need a compiler - Strawberry Perl ships with one. You can also |
| use MSVC or Mingw gcc. | | use MSVC or Mingw gcc. |
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| You need msys git installed and "\Program Files\Git\cmd" on your execution | | You need msys git installed and `\Program Files\Git\cmd` on your execution |
| path and NOT "\Program Files\Git\bin". | | path and **not** `\Program Files\Git\bin`. |
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| You will also need a win32 curl program. | | You will also need a win32 curl program. |
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| ## macOS | | ## macOS |
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| ### Dynamic libraries | | ### Dynamic libraries |
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| If Rakudo is installed into the $HOME directory (this is also the case with | | If Rakudo is installed into the $HOME directory (this is also the case with |
| rakubrew <https://rakubrew.org/>) then some modules may fail to install due | | rakubrew <https://rakubrew.org/>) then some modules may fail to install due |
| to missing dynamic libraries. This could be caused by a situation in which | | to missing dynamic libraries. This could be caused by a situation in which |
| the library is not provided by macOS system itself but installed using | | the library is not provided by macOS system itself but installed using |
| Homebrew or MacPorts package managers. In this case the library cannot be | | Homebrew or MacPorts package managers. In this case the library cannot be |
| loaded by "rakudo" binary. This is a security precaution taken by modern | | loaded by "rakudo" binary. This is a security precaution taken by modern |
| versions of macOS. The precaution works by restricting the directories | | versions of macOS. The precaution works by restricting the directories |
| available for loading dynamic libraries only to the system-predefined set | | available for loading dynamic libraries only to the system-predefined set |
| and those where the application binary is actually located. For example, if | | and those where the application binary is actually located. For example, if |
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| "rakudo" binary is installed under "$HOME/raku/bin" then aside of the | | `rakudo` binary is installed under `$HOME/raku/bin` then aside of the |
| system-wide locations it can access libraries in "$HOME/raku/lib" only. | | system-wide locations it can access libraries in `$HOME/raku/lib` only. |
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| For the above stated reason, if a problem with availability of a dynamic | | For the above stated reason, if a problem with availability of a dynamic |
| library occurs then creating a symlink to the library in one of the | | library occurs then creating a symlink to the library in one of the |
| following locations could help: | | following locations could help: |
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| - <rakudo binary location path>/../lib | | - <rakudo binary location path>/../lib |
| - $HOME/lib (should be created if doesn't exist yet) | | - $HOME/lib (should be created if doesn't exist yet) |
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| The latter is one of the allowed system locations. | | The latter is one of the allowed system locations. |
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