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Install Aral

Download the latest archive for your operating system from the Releases page:

Each package includes the Aral interpreter and a bundled Java runtime, so a separate Java installation is not required.

The macOS package is not signed or notarized yet. If macOS blocks aral after download, remove the quarantine attribute from the extracted folder:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine .
chmod +x ./aral
./aral --version

Then run your program:

./aral run program.aral

Aral can update to the latest release, upgrade to a specific version, or switch back to an older version.

Linux and macOS:

./aral update
./aral update v0.3.4
./aral update v0.3.3

Windows:

.\aral.bat update
.\aral.bat update v0.3.4
.\aral.bat update v0.3.3

Use --check to see what would be installed, and --list to see available versions:

./aral update --check
./aral update --list

After switching, confirm the active version:

./aral --version

The code writing syntax of the Aral programming language is as simple as Python’s. You can see this in the example of the “Hello World” code below.

shıǵar("Hello World");

Linux and macOS:

./aral run program.aral

Windows:

.\aral.bat run program.aral

The syntax of the Aral programming language is in Karakalpak. All keywords and commands are written using words from the Karakalpak language.