Install package manager for Mojo

Mojo can be installed and run on MacOS and Linux. Currently, the support of Windows is not available. If you are using Windows, please use Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to run Mojo.

Before programming in Mojo, you need to first set up two things:

1. Install pixi, a command line (CLI) tool and package manager.
2. Install mojo extension in your IDE (I would say VS Code is the best choice for now).

• Install Pixi
  • Update pixi
  • Remove pixi
• Install Mojo extension in VS Code

Install Pixi

Pixi is a package manager and virtual environment manager for Mojo (as well as other languages). You can install Pixi on MacOS, Linus, or Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) by running the following command in your terminal:

curl -fsSL https://pixi.sh/install.sh | sh

Notes: Some instruction will be printed in your terminal. Read them carefully and run the source command or restart your terminal as instructed.

Now, the pixi binary is installed in the directory ~/.pixi/bin.

Modular family

You may be confused by the names of Modular's products. Here is a brief introduction to the Modular family:

	Description	Official link
magic	Package and virtual environment manager (being deprecated)	https://docs.modular.com/magic/
pixi	Package and virtual environment manager (to replace magic)	https://pixi.sh/latest/
modular	Company, platform, suite of AI libraries and tools	https://www.modular.com/
max	GenAI graph compiler	https://docs.modular.com/max/intro
mojo	Programming language	https://docs.modular.com/mojo/manual/

Update pixi

To update pixi, you can run the following command in your terminal:

pixi self-update

Remove pixi

To remove Pixi, you can run the following command in your terminal:

rm ~/.pixi/bin

Install Mojo extension in VS Code

To install Mojo extension in VS Code, you can search for "Mojo" in the "Extensions: Marketplace" Tab. You can also assess it via the link https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=modular-mojotools.vscode-mojo.

There are two versions of the extension: Mojo and Mojo (nightly). The first one is the stable version. For now, I recommend you to use the stable version, unless you want to try the latest features of Mojo.