zvm

This script helps you manage multiple versions of Zig on your system.

Installation

Download the zvm script and make it executable:

curl -o zvm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/highercomve/zvm/main/zvm
chmod +x zvm
sudo mv zvm /usr/local/bin/zvm

Usage

The zvm script provides several subcommands to manage Zig versions. To see the available subcommands, run:

zvm

zvm list

The list subcommand lists all the installed Zig versions.

zvm list

Example output:

Installed versions:
  0.11.0
  0.12.0
* 0.13.0

zvm remove

The remove subcommand removes an installed Zig version.

zvm remove <version>

zvm install

The install subcommand installs a new Zig version. if no version and architecture is use as arguments, the script will list the available versions if zig and let you select what version and architecture you want to install.

zvm install [<version>] [<architecture>]

Example:

zvm install

Example output

Fetching Zig versions...
Available versions:
1) master    3) 0.12.0	 5) 0.10.1   7) 0.9.1	 9) 0.8.1   11) 0.7.1	13) 0.6.0   15) 0.4.0	17) 0.2.0
2) 0.13.0    4) 0.11.0	 6) 0.10.0   8) 0.9.0	10) 0.8.0   12) 0.7.0	14) 0.5.0   16) 0.3.0	18) 0.1.1
#? 2
Selected version: 0.13.0
Available architectures for version 0.13.0:
1) x86_64-freebsd       4) x86_64-linux	       7) riscv64-linux	     10) x86_64-windows
2) x86_64-macos	        5) aarch64-linux       8) powerpc64le-linux  11) aarch64-windows
3) aarch64-macos        6) armv7a-linux	       9) x86-linux	     12) x86-windows
#? 4
Selected architecture: x86_64-linux
Downloading x86_64-linux from https://ziglang.org/download/0.13.0/zig-linux-x86_64-0.13.0.tar.xz...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 44.9M  100 44.9M    0     0  10.4M      0  0:00:04  0:00:04 --:--:-- 10.4M
Download complete.
Verifying signature for zig.tar.gz...
Signature verification successful.
Extracting zig.tar.gz...
Extraction complete.
Installed version 0.13.0.

zvm use

The use subcommand sets the default Zig version to use.

zvm use <version>

zvm version

The versions subcommand lists all the available Zig versions.

zvm versions

Available versions:
  0.9.0
  0.10.0
  0.11.0

Configuration

The zvm script uses the $ZVM_DIR environment variable to specify the directory where Zig versions are stored. By default, it is set to $HOME/.zvm. You can change this by modifying the script or setting the environment variable before running the script

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