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Re:What I wish I knew when learning F# by ur-whale on Thursday October 14, 2021 @10:09AM (#28864441)
> Yes, you can.

I can indeed.

    apt-get install fsharp
(although it pulls in 300MB of dependencies :( )

This is great.

How times have changed!

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Re:What I wish I knew when learning F# by chusk3 on Thursday October 14, 2021 @10:58AM (#28865168)
I wouldn't do this, as this is the mono bundle of fsharp. The blessed/supported way to go now is to install the dotnet-sdk packages[1] and then use `dotnet fsi` for interactive work, and `dotnet build/run/etc` for project-based work in F#.

1: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux-d...

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Re:What I wish I knew when learning F# by ur-whale on Thursday October 14, 2021 @11:23AM (#28865575)
I'll give it a shot, but TBH, I like the no-brainer apt-get way.

Goal is not to spend a couple of hours fighting to install the stack, but to use the time learning about the language.

apt-get gives me that.

MSFT-specific stack install tool don't really sound like a no-brainer, but I'll look anyways.

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Re:What I wish I knew when learning F# by aloisdg on Thursday October 14, 2021 @12:01PM (#28866115)
As a fellow linux user, my package manager does the job for both the runtime and the sdk. It should work for yours too.
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