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reply Jacob Carlborg <doob me.com> writes:
I just released a new version of DVM, 0.4.4. The most important change 
for this release is that DVM now will try to first download the platform 
specific package.

For everyone already using DVM, please update to this version because 
the current release of DMD is most likely that last one to provide the 
cross-platform package DVM has been using so far.

This release fixes a bug (issue 31) on Windows causing the default 
compiler not persist. This release also comes with experimental support 
for FreeBSD (using Bash).

For pre-compiled binaries and changelog (or below) see [1].
DVM is also now available via Dub [2].

For those not familiar with DVM:

DVM allows you to easily download and install D compilers and manage 
different versions of the compilers.

Changelog:

Version 0.4.4
   New/Changed Features
    * Experimental support for FreeBSD (using Bash)
    * Download DMD using platform specific archive if available
    * Support for installing release candidates
    * Download DMD from `downloads.dlang.org` (fallback to 
`ftp.digitalmars.com`)
    * Set a user agent when fetching compilers. The user agent will be 
in the form of `dvm/<version> (<architecture>-<operating system>)`

   Bugs Fixed
    * [Issue 31](https://github.com/jacob-carlborg/dvm/issues/31): 
Windows: default compiler does not persist

[1] https://github.com/jacob-carlborg/dvm/releases/tag/v0.4.4
[2] http://code.dlang.org/packages/dvm

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg
Sep 13 2015
parent reply Tony <tonytdominguez aol.com> writes:
On Sunday, 13 September 2015 at 16:26:04 UTC, Jacob Carlborg 
wrote:

 I just released a new version of DVM, 0.4.4. The most important


I am on Windows 10. Is:

dvm --latest install

a valid way to get the latest dmd? When I try that I get an 
exception

--------------------------------------
dvm --latest install
An unknown error occurred:
tango.core.Exception.IOException C:\Users\doob\AppData\Roaming\dub\packages\tango-1.0.1_2.067\tango\c
re\Exception.d(59): truncated response
----------------
0x004421D4
0x00441ECD
0x00441688
0x0040A637
0x0040A4F5
0x004334EA
0x0044FC5B
0x0044FB71
0x004021E8
0x769B8484 in BaseThreadInitThunk
0x77252FEA in RtlValidSecurityDescriptor
0x77252FBA in RtlValidSecurityDescriptor
Jul 01 2018
parent reply Basile B. <b2.temp gmx.com> writes:
On Monday, 2 July 2018 at 06:21:53 UTC, Tony wrote:

 On Sunday, 13 September 2015 at 16:26:04 UTC, Jacob Carlborg 
 wrote:

 I just released a new version of DVM, 0.4.4. The most important


 I am on Windows 10. Is:

 dvm --latest install

 a valid way to get the latest dmd? When I try that I get an 
 exception



Seems unmaintained. Try Cybershadow's Digger which can handle 
building several versions of DMD too 
(https://github.com/CyberShadow/Digger), even from locally served 
webpage as UI.
Jul 02 2018
next sibling parent Basile B. <b2.temp gmx.com> writes:
On Monday, 2 July 2018 at 07:12:47 UTC, Basile B. wrote:

 On Monday, 2 July 2018 at 06:21:53 UTC, Tony wrote:

 On Sunday, 13 September 2015 at 16:26:04 UTC, Jacob Carlborg 
 wrote:

 I just released a new version of DVM, 0.4.4. The most 
 important


 I am on Windows 10. Is:

 dvm --latest install

 a valid way to get the latest dmd? When I try that I get an 
 exception



 Seems unmaintained. Try Cybershadow's Digger which can handle 
 building several versions of DMD too 
 (https://github.com/CyberShadow/Digger), even from locally 
 served webpage as UI.


There's this too https://dlang.org/install.html.
Maybe it would work with w10 linux subsystem, i cant say by 
complete lack of win10 experience.
Jul 02 2018
prev sibling parent reply Tony <tonytdominguez aol.com> writes:
On Monday, 2 July 2018 at 07:12:47 UTC, Basile B. wrote:

 On Monday, 2 July 2018 at 06:21:53 UTC, Tony wrote:

 On Sunday, 13 September 2015 at 16:26:04 UTC, Jacob Carlborg 
 wrote:

 I just released a new version of DVM, 0.4.4. The most 
 important


 I am on Windows 10. Is:

 dvm --latest install

 a valid way to get the latest dmd? When I try that I get an 
 exception



 Seems unmaintained. Try Cybershadow's Digger which can handle 
 building several versions of DMD too 
 (https://github.com/CyberShadow/Digger), even from locally 
 served webpage as UI.


OK, thanks! I saw DVM mentioned in a thread recently and I went 
back and couldn't find it and found this one via a search. The 
one I saw may have been a very old thread that someone revived.
Jul 02 2018
parent reply Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy yahoo.com> writes:
On 7/2/18 3:36 AM, Tony wrote:

 On Monday, 2 July 2018 at 07:12:47 UTC, Basile B. wrote:

 On Monday, 2 July 2018 at 06:21:53 UTC, Tony wrote:

 On Sunday, 13 September 2015 at 16:26:04 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:

 I just released a new version of DVM, 0.4.4. The most important


 I am on Windows 10. Is:

 dvm --latest install

 a valid way to get the latest dmd? When I try that I get an exception



 Seems unmaintained. Try Cybershadow's Digger which can handle building 
 several versions of DMD too (https://github.com/CyberShadow/Digger), 
 even from locally served webpage as UI.


 
 OK, thanks! I saw DVM mentioned in a thread recently and I went back and 
 couldn't find it and found this one via a search. The one I saw may have 
 been a very old thread that someone revived.


I still use dvm (this version 0.4.4 is the latest I believe).

It still works, at least on OSX. But the errors it throws are not very 
user friendly, most of the time you get a stack trace.

I've never used the --latest switch (which BTW fails on OSX as well). 
Likely it's a change in how the metadata is stored on the server. Just 
install by name:

dvm install 2.080.1

-Steve
Jul 02 2018
parent reply Tony <tonytdominguez aol.com> writes:
On Monday, 2 July 2018 at 18:31:50 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:


 I still use dvm (this version 0.4.4 is the latest I believe).

 It still works, at least on OSX. But the errors it throws are 
 not very user friendly, most of the time you get a stack trace.

 I've never used the --latest switch (which BTW fails on OSX as 
 well). Likely it's a change in how the metadata is stored on 
 the server. Just install by name:

 dvm install 2.080.1


Thanks, that worked!

It doesn't announce where it put the compiler, which turns out to 
be:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\dvm\
Jul 02 2018
parent reply Jacob Carlborg <doob me.com> writes:
On 2018-07-03 03:34, Tony wrote:


 Thanks, that worked!
 
 It doesn't announce where it put the compiler, which turns out to be:
 
 C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\dvm\


You're not supposed to know where it puts the compiler. You're 
activating it with "dvm use <version>" where "<version>" is the version 
you want to activate. This will persist for the end of the shell 
session. To set a default compiler use "dvm use <version> -d". This 
allows to use separate versions simultaneously in different shell 
sessions. See the usage information [1].

[1] https://github.com/jacob-carlborg/dvm#use-a-compiler

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg
Jul 04 2018
parent Tony <tonytdominguez aol.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 4 July 2018 at 19:14:57 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:

 On 2018-07-03 03:34, Tony wrote:


 Thanks, that worked!
 
 It doesn't announce where it put the compiler, which turns out 
 to be:
 
 C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\dvm\


 You're not supposed to know where it puts the compiler. You're 
 activating it with "dvm use <version>" where "<version>" is the 
 version you want to activate. This will persist for the end of 
 the shell session. To set a default compiler use "dvm use 
 <version> -d". This allows to use separate versions 
 simultaneously in different shell sessions. See the usage 
 information [1].

 [1] https://github.com/jacob-carlborg/dvm#use-a-compiler


I should have done a little more reading. Thanks, and thanks for 
writing it!
Jul 05 2018