# Installation

Sidef can be installed automatically from the [CPAN](https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Sidef/lib/Sidef.pod), by invoking the following command:

```
$ cpan Sidef
```

If the testing takes a long time, add the `-T` flag to build and install Sidef without testing:

```
$ cpan -T Sidef
```

When the `cpan` command is not available, try:

```
$ perl -MCPAN -e "CPAN::Shell->install(q{Sidef})"
```

**IMPORTANT**: Sidef needs the [GMP](https://gmplib.org/), [MPFR](http://www.mpfr.org/) and [MPC](http://www.multiprecision.org/) C libraries.

## Installing from git source

To install Sidef manually, download the [latest version](https://github.com/trizen/sidef/archive/master.zip), unzip it and follow the installation steps:

```
$ perl Build.PL
# ./Build installdeps
# ./Build install
```

When [Module::Build](https://metacpan.org/pod/Module::Build) is not installed, try:

```
$ perl Makefile.PL
$ make test
# make install
```

## Linux installation

### Arch Linux

Sidef is available on the [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/sidef) and can be installed using an AUR helper, like [trizen](https://github.com/trizen/trizen):

```
$ trizen -S sidef
```

### Debian / Ubuntu / Linux Mint

On Debian-based distributions, Sidef can be installed from the [CPAN](https://metacpan.org/dist/Sidef), by executing the following commands:

```
$ sudo apt install libgmp-dev libmpfr-dev libmpc-dev libc-dev cpanminus
$ sudo cpanm -n Sidef
```

## Android installation

It's also possible to install Sidef on Android, by installing [Termux](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.termux/) and executing the following commands:

```
$ pkg install perl make clang libgmp libmpfr libmpc
$ cpan -T Sidef
```

If the installation succeeded, the `sidef` command should be available:

```
$ sidef -h
```