Installation

Installing the Technique toolchain

Download

Download the latest release for your platform, decompress it, and place the technique binary somewhere on your PATH. For other platforms, or to build from source, see Technique's GitHub releases page.

Verify installation

Once installed, verify that the compiler is on your path and working as you'd expect:

$ technique --version
v0.5.4
$ technique --help
The Technique Procedures Language.

Usage: technique [COMMAND]

Commands:
  check   Validate the syntax, structure, and types in the given
          Technique document.
  format  Format the code in the given Technique document.
  render  Render the Technique document into a printable PDF.
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Generating PDFs

To use the technique render subcommand, you will also need the Typst typesetting compiler installed and on your PATH.

If you have the Rust toolchain on your computer then Typst can be installed via:

$ cargo install typst-cli
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otherwise you can download a binary from Typst's GitHub releases page.