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Installation

Requirements

  • A C99 compiler (gcc, clang, or compatible)
  • git
  • make (optional)

Building from source

Python devs are used to pip install. lil works differently: you clone the repo and compile it yourself:

git clone https://github.com/XLRC888/lil.git
cd lil
./install.sh

This compiles lil.c and copies the binary to ~/.local/bin/lil. Make sure that directory is on your PATH.

Check your PATH to confirm ~/.local/bin is listed:

echo $PATH    # look for /home/yourname/.local/bin

If you prefer to build in place:

make
./lil

After rebuilding with make, always run make install to keep the system binary up to date:

make
make install

For GTK support:

make gtk
make install-gtk

Verifying

Run lil --help to confirm everything works:

$ lil --help
usage: lil [options] [file.lil]
  no args      start REPL
  file.lil     execute file
  -c file.lil  compile to standalone binary
  -o output    output filename (default: a.out)