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Install Par on your system.

Prerequisite: Erlang/OTP 20

Par requires you to have Erlang/OTP 20 or higher installed. To install it:

  • Mac OSX: brew install erlang
  • Ubuntu/Debian: apt-get install erlang
  • Fedora: yum install erlang
  • FreeBSD: pkg install erlang
  • Windows: Binaries available on the Erlang download page
  • More ways to install can be found on the Erlang download page

Make sure you can run the erl command from your shell.

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Par for Mac OSX and Linux

Download the zip archive, extract it, and move the par folder into /usr/local/. You should now have a /usr/local/par folder with two subdirectories: lib and bin.

Add /usr/local/par/bin to your PATH environment variable by putting the following into your shell's configuration file (e.g. .bash_profile).

export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/par/bin"

Reload your configuration by starting a new shell or by using the source command (e.g. source ~/.bash_profile), and you should be able to run par.

If you'd like to put the Par files somewhere other than /usr/local/par, you can do so, but you'll need to set the PAR_ROOT environment variable to the new directory location.

Par for Windows

Download the zip archive, extract it, and move the par folder into C:\. You should now have a C:\par folder with two subdirectories: lib and bin.

Add C:\par\bin to your PATH environment variable, and you should be able to run par.

If you'd like to put the Par files somewhere other than C:\par, you can do so, but you'll need to set the PAR_ROOT environment variable to the new directory location.