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## Building from source | ||
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- [Configuring Helix's runtime files](#configuring-helixs-runtime-files) | ||
- [Linux and macOS](#linux-and-macos) | ||
- [Windows](#windows) | ||
- [Multiple runtime directories](#multiple-runtime-directories) | ||
- [Note to packagers](#note-to-packagers) | ||
- [Validating the installation](#validating-the-installation) | ||
- [Configure the desktop shortcut](#configure-the-desktop-shortcut) | ||
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Requirements: | ||
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Clone the Helix GitHub repository into a directory of your choice. The | ||
examples in this documentation assume installation into either `~/src/` on | ||
Linux and macOS, or `%userprofile%\src\` on Windows. | ||
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- The [Rust toolchain](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install) | ||
- The [Git version control system](https://git-scm.com/) | ||
- A C++14 compatible compiler to build the tree-sitter grammars, for example GCC or Clang | ||
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If you are using the `musl-libc` standard library instead of `glibc` the following environment variable must be set during the build to ensure tree-sitter grammars can be loaded correctly: | ||
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```sh | ||
RUSTFLAGS="-C target-feature=-crt-static" | ||
``` | ||
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1. Clone the repository: | ||
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```sh | ||
git clone https://github.com/helix-editor/helix | ||
cd helix | ||
``` | ||
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2. Compile from source: | ||
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```sh | ||
cargo install --path helix-term --locked | ||
``` | ||
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This command will create the `hx` executable and construct the tree-sitter | ||
grammars in the local `runtime` folder. | ||
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> 💡 If you do not want to fetch or build grammars, set an environment variable `HELIX_DISABLE_AUTO_GRAMMAR_BUILD` | ||
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> 💡 Tree-sitter grammars can be fetched and compiled if not pre-packaged. Fetch | ||
> grammars with `hx --grammar fetch` and compile them with | ||
> `hx --grammar build`. This will install them in | ||
> the `runtime` directory within the user's helix config directory (more | ||
> [details below](#multiple-runtime-directories)). | ||
### Configuring Helix's runtime files | ||
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#### Linux and macOS | ||
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The **runtime** directory is one below the Helix source, so either export a | ||
`HELIX_RUNTIME` environment variable to point to that directory and add it to | ||
your `~/.bashrc` or equivalent: | ||
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```sh | ||
export HELIX_RUNTIME=~/src/helix/runtime | ||
``` | ||
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Or, create a symbolic link: | ||
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```sh | ||
ln -Ts $PWD/runtime ~/.config/helix/runtime | ||
``` | ||
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If the above command fails to create a symbolic link because the file exists either move `~/.config/helix/runtime` to a new location or delete it, then run the symlink command above again. | ||
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#### Windows | ||
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Either set the `HELIX_RUNTIME` environment variable to point to the runtime files using the Windows setting (search for | ||
`Edit environment variables for your account`) or use the `setx` command in | ||
Cmd: | ||
```sh | ||
setx HELIX_RUNTIME "%userprofile%\source\repos\helix\runtime" | ||
``` | ||
> 💡 `%userprofile%` resolves to your user directory like | ||
> `C:\Users\Your-Name\` for example. | ||
Or, create a symlink in `%appdata%\helix\` that links to the source code directory: | ||
| Method | Command | | ||
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| PowerShell | `New-Item -ItemType Junction -Target "runtime" -Path "$Env:AppData\helix\runtime"` | | ||
| Cmd | `cd %appdata%\helix` <br/> `mklink /D runtime "%userprofile%\src\helix\runtime"` | | ||
> 💡 On Windows, creating a symbolic link may require running PowerShell or | ||
> Cmd as an administrator. | ||
#### Multiple runtime directories | ||
When Helix finds multiple runtime directories it will search through them for files in the | ||
following order: | ||
1. `runtime/` sibling directory to `$CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR` directory (this is intended for | ||
developing and testing helix only). | ||
2. `runtime/` subdirectory of OS-dependent helix user config directory. | ||
3. `$HELIX_RUNTIME` | ||
4. Distribution-specific fallback directory (set at compile time—not run time— | ||
with the `HELIX_DEFAULT_RUNTIME` environment variable) | ||
5. `runtime/` subdirectory of path to Helix executable. | ||
This order also sets the priority for selecting which file will be used if multiple runtime | ||
directories have files with the same name. | ||
#### Note to packagers | ||
If you are making a package of Helix for end users, to provide a good out of | ||
the box experience, you should set the `HELIX_DEFAULT_RUNTIME` environment | ||
variable at build time (before invoking `cargo build`) to a directory which | ||
will store the final runtime files after installation. For example, say you want | ||
to package the runtime into `/usr/lib/helix/runtime`. The rough steps a build | ||
script could follow are: | ||
1. `export HELIX_DEFAULT_RUNTIME=/usr/lib/helix/runtime` | ||
1. `cargo build --profile opt --locked --path helix-term` | ||
1. `cp -r runtime $BUILD_DIR/usr/lib/helix/` | ||
1. `cp target/opt/hx $BUILD_DIR/usr/bin/hx` | ||
This way the resulting `hx` binary will always look for its runtime directory in | ||
`/usr/lib/helix/runtime` if the user has no custom runtime in `~/.config/helix` | ||
or `HELIX_RUNTIME`. | ||
### Validating the installation | ||
To make sure everything is set up as expected you should run the Helix health | ||
check: | ||
```sh | ||
hx --health | ||
``` | ||
For more information on the health check results refer to | ||
[Health check](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/Healthcheck). | ||
### Configure the desktop shortcut | ||
If your desktop environment supports the | ||
[XDG desktop menu](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-spec-latest.html) | ||
you can configure Helix to show up in the application menu by copying the | ||
provided `.desktop` and icon files to their correct folders: | ||
```sh | ||
cp contrib/Helix.desktop ~/.local/share/applications | ||
cp contrib/helix.png ~/.icons # or ~/.local/share/icons | ||
``` | ||
To use another terminal than the system default, you can modify the `.desktop` | ||
file. For example, to use `kitty`: | ||
```sh | ||
sed -i "s|Exec=hx %F|Exec=kitty hx %F|g" ~/.local/share/applications/Helix.desktop | ||
sed -i "s|Terminal=true|Terminal=false|g" ~/.local/share/applications/Helix.desktop | ||
``` |
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