gf-3.10: download/index.md
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title: Grammatical Framework Download and Installation
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**GF 3.10** was released on 2 December 2018.
It is the first version of GF which _does not include the RGL_.
What's new? See the [release notes](release-3.10.html).
## Binary packages
| Platform | Download | Features | How to install |
|:----------------|:---------------------------------------------------|:---------------|:-----------------------------------|
| macOS | [gf-3.10.pkg](gf-3.10.pkg) | GF, S, C, J, P | Double-click on the package icon |
| Ubuntu (64-bit) | [gf\_3.10-1\_amd64.deb](gf_3.10-1_amd64.deb) | GF, S, C, J, P | `sudo dpkg -i gf_3.10-1_amd64.deb` |
| Windows | [gf-3.10-bin-windows.zip](gf-3.10-bin-windows.zip) | GF, S | `unzip gf-3.10-bin-windows.zip` |
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| macOS | [gf-3.10-bin-intel-mac.tar.gz](gf-3.10-bin-intel-mac.tar.gz) | GF,S,C,J,P | `sudo tar -C /usr/local -zxf gf-3.10-bin-intel-mac.tar.gz` |
| Raspbian 9.1 | [gf\_3.10-1\_armhf.deb](gf_3.10-1_armhf.deb) | GF,S,C,J,P | `sudo dpkg -i gf_3.10-1_armhf.deb` |
| Ubuntu (32-bit) | [gf\_3.10-1\_i386.deb](gf_3.10-1_i386.deb) | GF,S,C,J,P | `sudo dpkg -i gf_3.10-1_i386.deb` |
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**Features**
- GF = GF shell and grammar compiler
- S = `gf -server` mode
- C = C run-time system
- J/P = Java/Python binding to the C run-time system
### Notes
The Windows package is installed by just unpacking it anywhere. You will
probably need to set the `PATH` and `GF_LIB_PATH` environment variables,
see Inari's notes on [Installing GF on Windows](http://www.grammaticalframework.org/~inari/gf-windows.html#toc3).
The Ubuntu `.deb` packages should work on Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 and
similar Linux distributions.
<!-- The Raspbian `.deb` package was created on a Raspberry Pi 3 and will
probably work on other ARM-based systems running Debian 9 (stretch) or
similar Linux distributions. -->
The packages for macOS (Mac OS X) should work on at least 10.13 and
10.14 (High Sierra and Mojave)
<!-- The Mac OS and Linux `.tar.gz` packages are designed to be installed in
`/usr/local`. You can install them in other locations, but then you need
to set the `GF_LIB_PATH` environment variable:
```
export GF_LIB_PATH=/usr/local/share/gf-3.10/lib
```
where `/usr/local` should be replaced with the path to the location
where you unpacked the package. -->
## Installing the latest release from source
[GF is on Hackage](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/gf), so under
normal circumstances the procedure is fairly simple:
1. Install a recent version of the [Haskell
Platform](http://hackage.haskell.org/platform) (see note below)
2. `cabal update`
3. On Linux: install some C libraries from your Linux distribution (see note below)
4. `cabal install gf`
Note that this installs GF _without_ the RGL.
You can also download full source packages from GitHub at the following links:
- [GF releases](https://github.com/GrammaticalFramework/gf-core/releases)
- [RGL releases](https://github.com/GrammaticalFramework/gf-rgl/releases)
### Notes
**Installation location**
The above steps installs GF for a single user. The executables are put
in `$HOME/.cabal/bin` (or, with recent versions of the Haskell platform
on Mac OS X, in `$HOME/Library/Haskell/bin`), so it is a good idea to
put a line in your `.bash_profile` or `.profile` to add that directory
to you path:
```
PATH=$HOME/.cabal/bin:$PATH
```
or
```
PATH=$HOME/Library/Haskell/bin:$PATH
```
**Build tools**
In order to compile GF you need the build tools **Alex** and **Happy**.
These can be installed via Cabal, e.g.:
```
cabal install alex happy
```
or obtained by other means, depending on your OS.
**Haskeline**
GF uses [`haskeline`](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/haskeline), which
on Linux depends on some non-Haskell libraries that won't be installed
automatically by cabal, and therefore need to be installed manually.
Here is one way to do this:
- On Ubuntu: `sudo apt-get install libghc-haskeline-dev`
- On Fedora: `sudo yum install ghc-haskeline-devel`
**GHC version**
The GF source code has been updated to compile with GHC 8.4.
Using older versions of GHC (e.g. 8.2, 8.0 and 7.10) should still work too.
## Installing from the latest developer source code
If you haven't already, clone the repository with:
```
git clone https://github.com/GrammaticalFramework/gf-core.git
```
If you've already cloned the repository previously, update with:
```
git pull
```
Then install with:
```
cabal install
```
or, if you're a Stack user:
```
stack install
```
The above notes for installing from source apply also in these cases.
For more info on working with the GF source code, see the
[GF Developers Guide](../doc/gf-developers.html).
## Installing the RGL from source
To install the RGL from source,
you can download a release from [GitHub](https://github.com/GrammaticalFramework/gf-rgl/releases)
or get the latest version by cloning the repository:
```
git clone https://github.com/GrammaticalFramework/gf-rgl.git
```
In both cases, once you have the RGL sources you can install them by running:
```
make
```
in the RGL folder.
For more details about building the RGL, see the [RGL README](https://github.com/GrammaticalFramework/gf-rgl/blob/master/README.md).
## Older releases
- [GF 3.9](index-3.9.html) (August 2017)
- [GF 3.8](index-3.8.html) (June 2016)
- [GF 3.7.1](index-3.7.1.html) (October 2015)
- [GF 3.7](index-3.7.html) (June 2015)
- [GF 3.6](index-3.6.html) (June 2014)
- [GF 3.5](index-3.5.html) (August 2013)
- [GF 3.4](index-3.4.html) (January 2013)
- [GF 3.3.3](index-3.3.3.html) (March 2012)
- [GF 3.3](index-3.3.html) (October 2011)
- [GF 3.2.9](index-3.2.9.html) source-only snapshot (September 2011)
- [GF 3.2](index-3.2.html) (December 2010)
- [GF 3.1.6](index-3.1.6.html) (April 2010)