Failed installation on wsl Windows 11

[UsmanTariq2]

Describe the bug
Updating crates.io index Installing hvm v2.0.8 Updating crates.io index Locking 29 packages to latest compatible versions Compiling libc v0.2.155 Compiling utf8parse v0.2.1 Compiling anstyle v1.0.7 Compiling anstyle-query v1.0.3 Compiling is_terminal_polyfill v1.70.0 Compiling colorchoice v1.0.1 Compiling clap_lex v0.7.0 Compiling strsim v0.11.1 Compiling anstyle-parse v0.2.4 Compiling cc v1.0.97 Compiling highlight_error v0.1.1 Compiling TSPL v0.0.12 Compiling anstream v0.6.14 error: linkercc` not found
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= note: No such file or directory (os error 2)

error: could not compile libc (build script) due to 1 previous error
warning: build failed, waiting for other jobs to finish...
error: failed to compile hvm v2.0.8, intermediate artifacts can be found at /tmp/cargo-installz7F0B2.
To reuse those artifacts with a future compilation, set the environment variable CARGO_TARGET_DIR to that path.`

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Latest windows and WSL 2
2. Use command cargo +nightly install hvm

[54g0]

Solution for linkercc not found Error on WSLThe error message linkercc not found indicates that the cc compiler (part of the build-essential package) is not installed or not available in your WSL environment. To resolve this error, follow these steps:
1.Update and Upgrade Your System:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
2.Install the Build-Essential Package:
sudo apt install build-essential -y
3.Ensure pkg-config is Installed:
sudo apt install pkg-config -y
4.Retry the Installation: Try to install hvm again
cargo +nightly install hvm
5.Ensure Rust is Installed Correctly: Ensure that Rust and the nightly toolchain are set up correctly in your WSL environment:
rustup update
rustup toolchain install nightly
rustup default nightly
If any other specific errors come up, please provide those details.

[RagnaJok]

Got the same error but upgrading the system fixed it,
write:
sudo apt-get update
before
sudo apt update
and you can retry the installation of hvm

Thanks 54g0 :))

[kings177]

what @54g0 said is correct @UsmanTariq2, the problem is that you're missing the libc package , which comes with build-essential, i recommend installing build-essential as that will also give you gcc, in case you don't have it, you can install it with sudo apt install build-essential. Please do report back if you manage to fix your issue.

[UsmanTariq2]

Hey, installing build-essential solved the problem
I generally dont install it because it has older versions of g++ installed, and i was under the impresssion that installing g++ installs everything. Manually using latest compiler with build-essential. So on me.

[kings177]

glad to know it worked for you :)

[UsmanTariq2]

When i run the command

bend run <file.hvm> # uses the Rust interpreter (sequential)

bash: syntax error near unexpected token newline'`

A typo on the main page perhaps

[kings177]

assuming you typed the full bend run <file.hvm> # uses the Rust interpreter (sequential).

you're supposed to type an actual path to a file instead of <file.hvm>, so like, for example, you can create a file called test.bend with the following content:

def main:
  list = [1, 2, 3]
  return list

then just do bend run-c test.bend

[UsmanTariq2]

Get an error when compiling the sorter example:

Error reading result from hvm. Output :
signal: 11 (SIGSEGV)

Upon the execution /another error, i get :
Errors: Error reading result from hvm. Output : signal: 9 (SIGKILL)

[kings177]

can you type free -h and paste me the output please?

[UsmanTariq2]

           total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available

Mem: 3.8Gi 668Mi 3.2Gi 660Ki 72Mi 3.1Gi
Swap: 1.0Gi 697Mi 326Mi

[kings177]

do you get this error everytime you run something with run-c? even if you run something like

def main:
  return "test"

[kings177]

Closing this since the issue has been fixed and now there has been another issue that falls under #397 and HigherOrderCO/HVM#309