How to Install Neko on NetBSD

Neko is a lightweight virtual machine designed for dynamic languages like Haxe, Lua, and JavaScript. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing Neko on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we get started, make sure you have:

• A working installation of NetBSD
• A user account with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Dependencies

First, we need to install some dependencies that Neko requires. Open your terminal and run the following command:

sudo pkg_add gcc readline libgc libiconv libintl libyaml

This command installs GCC, Readline, libgc, libiconv, libintl, and libyaml packages.

Step 2: Install Neko

We will install Neko from its official website. Run the following command in your terminal to download and extract the latest version of Neko:

cd /tmp && fetch https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/neko/releases/download/v2-3-0/neko-2.3.0.tar.gz && tar -zxvf neko-2.3.0.tar.gz

Navigate to the extracted directory:

cd neko-2.3.0

Now we can compile and install Neko. Run the following commands in your terminal:

./configure
make
sudo make install

The above commands will configure, compile, and install Neko on your system.

Step 3: Verify the Installation

To verify that Neko is installed correctly, run the following command:

neko -v

If Neko is installed successfully, you will see output like this:

NekoVM 2.3.0 (c)2005-2020 Haxe Foundation

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Neko on NetBSD.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Neko on NetBSD. Now, you can start using Neko to run dynamic languages such as Haxe, Lua, and JavaScript on your system.