How to install binary package from GitHub repository?

[kevinmatthes]

In order to learn V practically, I began to work on a small CLI project whose Git repository is hosted on GitHub. I would like to install the latest repository state as a binary executable on my local machine to test the software. The project itself has no dependencies (except for the V standard library) and consists only of the main module.

When I try install my software with v install --git, followed by the URL to the repository, the code base itself is downloaded and saved within ~/.vmodules/ but the binary is not compiled. I know that I oversaw something but even after working through the language documentation and the source code of the installation logic, I still have no idea how to have the binary project compiled on installation.

Any ideas?

[JalonSolov]

v install is for installing modules that will be pulled in and compiled with other code. It isn't meant to install and build standalone code.

If your code needs something more complex than v . to build, we recommend including a build.vsh file with your code. The user will still need to run the build.vsh file themselves after pulling down your code - there is no automated system for this.

The other alternative would be to create an install package for the OS, but you'll likely have to create a separate package for each OS variation, as well as every different package manager a user might use on that OS.