Using Chapel on Linux

There are two main approaches for using Chapel on Linux:

  1. Install via a Linux package manager. If you are using a Linux distribution that provides a Chapel package, this is the easiest way to get started.

  2. Build Chapel from source.

Package Install

Chapel provides prebuilt apt/rpm packages for several Linux distributions. These packages can be downloaded and installed using the package manager for your distribution. For example, on x86 Ubuntu 24, you can install Chapel 2.4.0 with the following commands:

wget https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel/releases/download/2.4.0/chapel-2.4.0-1.ubuntu24.amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install ./chapel-2.4.0-1.ubuntu24.amd64.deb

See the full list of supported packages here. In addition to these apt/apm packages, there is also a Chapel AUR.

Linuxbrew

For users of Linuxbrew, Chapel can be installed with the following commands:

brew update
brew install chapel

For more information on using Chapel with Linuxbrew, see the docs on using Homebrew with Chapel.

Building from Source

Chapel can be built from source on Linux systems using the normal build steps. See Chapel Prerequisites for a list of prerequisites and follow Building Chapel for the build instructions.