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diff --git a/docs/installing-solidity.rst b/docs/installing-solidity.rst index 345780d7..fb405475 100644 --- a/docs/installing-solidity.rst +++ b/docs/installing-solidity.rst @@ -25,24 +25,25 @@ without connection to the Internet, you can go to https://github.com/ethereum/browser-solidity/tree/gh-pages and download the .ZIP file as explained on that page. - npm / Node.js ============= This is probably the most portable and most convenient way to install Solidity locally. A platform-independent JavaScript library is provided by compiling the C++ source -into JavaScript using Emscripten for browser-solidity and there is also an npm -package available. +into JavaScript using Emscripten. It can be used in projects directly (such as Browser-Solidity). +Please refer to the `solc-js <https://github.com/ethereum/solc-js>`_ repository for instructions. -To install it, simply use +It also contains a commandline tool called `solcjs`, which can be installed via npm: .. code:: bash - npm install solc + npm install -g solc + +.. note:: -Details about the usage of the Node.js package can be found in the -`solc-js repository <https://github.com/ethereum/solc-js>`_. + The comandline options of `solcjs` are not compatible with `solc` and tools (such as `geth`) + expecting the behaviour of `solc` will not work with `solcjs`. Docker ====== @@ -82,6 +83,12 @@ If you want to use the cutting edge developer version: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install solc +Arch Linux also has packages, albeit limited to the latest development version: + +.. code:: bash + + pacman -S solidity-git + Homebrew is missing pre-built bottles at the time of writing, following a Jenkins to TravisCI migration, but Homebrew should still work just fine as a means to build-from-source. @@ -95,6 +102,22 @@ We will re-add the pre-built bottles soon. brew install solidity brew linkapps solidity +If you need a specific version of Solidity you can install a +Homebrew formula directly from Github. + +View +`solidity.rb commits on Github <https://github.com/ethereum/homebrew-ethereum/commits/master/solidity.rb>`_. + +Follow the history links until you have a raw file link of a +specific commit of ``solidity.rb``. + +Install it using ``brew``: + +.. code:: bash + + brew unlink solidity + # Install 0.4.8 + brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ethereum/homebrew-ethereum/77cce03da9f289e5a3ffe579840d3c5dc0a62717/solidity.rb .. _building-from-source: @@ -197,7 +220,14 @@ Building Solidity is quite similar on Linux, macOS and other Unices: cd build cmake .. && make -And even on Windows: +or even easier: + +.. code:: bash + + #note: this will install binaries solc and soltest at usr/local/bin + ./scripts/build.sh + +And even for Windows: .. code:: bash |