Leiningen Linux Mint 19 Installation

Install Leiningen for Linux Mint 19

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Leiningen Clojure Build Automation and Dependency Management Tool in GNU/Linux Mint 19.x Tara/Tessa/Tina/Tricia LTS.

And Leiningen for Linux Mint is the Clojure counterpart of Maven, a popular tool for managing Java dependencies.

Moreover, Leiningen is compatible with Maven, so it has access to large and well-maintained repositories of Java libraries.

Finally, Clojure libraries are commonly found in the Clojars repository. This repository is, of course, enabled by default in Leiningen.

1. Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

2. Download Leiningen Script.

   cd  

   wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/technomancy/leiningen/stable/bin/lein

3. Relocating Leiningen Script.

   • System Wide Installation (need Admin Privileges)

     sudo su -c "chown root:root ./lein && chmod a+x ./lein"

     sudo su -c "mv ./lein /usr/local/bin/"

   • Local Installation

     chmod a+x ./lein

     mkdir $HOME/bin

     mv ./lein $HOME/bin

     Test installation:

     which lein

     If No Output then:

     echo "export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin" > $HOME/.bashrc

     source $HOME/.bashrc

4. How to Getting-Started with Leiningen and Clojure on Linux Mint

   Leiningen/Clojure Quick Start Linux Mint

   Leiningen Quick Start Guide

   The Linked Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Getting-Started with Leiningen and Clojure Hello-World App on Linux Mint.