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Expand Up @@ -91,18 +91,20 @@ There are not yet package repos for RISC-V, thus manual compiling is necessary a
RISC-V support is still in early testing.

```bash
sudo dnf -y group install "Development Tools"
sudo dnf -y install libffi-devel
curl https://rakubrew.org/install-on-perl.sh | sh
echo 'eval "$(~/.rakubrew/bin/rakubrew init Bash)"' >> ~/.bashrc
eval "$(~/.rakubrew/bin/rakubrew init Bash)"
# This is almost certainly going to fail at this stage with failure of MoarVM and dyncall. The next steps fix it
rakubrew build moar-2026.02
cd ~/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2026.02/nqp/MoarVM/
/usr/bin/perl Configure.pl --optimize --git-cache-dir=~/.rakubrew/git_reference --prefix=~/.rakubrew/versions/moar-2025.08/install --make-install --has-libffi
# This should find a working MoarVM and continue the compilation
rakubrew build moar-2026.02
rakubrew build zef
sudo yum -q -y install curl wget openssl-devel perl-JSON-PP
sudo curl -L -s -f http://sparrowhub.io/riscv/rakupp -o /usr/local/bin/rakupp
sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/rakupp
sudo ln -fs /usr/local/bin/rakupp /usr/local/bin/raku
rakupp --info
# should show something:
# Raku++ 5.2.1 🦋 a Raku interpreter and compiler in C++
# Raku 6.d (6.e with `use v6.e.PREVIEW`)
# Build v5.2.1-21-ge90d6b3a, 2026-10-04
# Target riscv64-linux, gcc 14.2.0
# FFI libffi: libffi.so.8 (abi 1)
# Cnp none — this build carries no stencils (see the build log for cnp-extract)
# Exe /home/users/amelezhik/.local/bin/rakupp
# Home https://raku.online
```

Now test that it works:
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zef install .
```

### Install Sparky
Because packages are different on RISC-V, the process is slightly different. After this portion, the remainder of the guide should be the same.

!!! warning

RISC-V support is still in early testing.

```bash
git clone https://github.com/melezhik/sparky.git
cd sparky
rakupp install --no-test .

# we need to install sparrowdo from GH
# to support risc-v arch
git clone https://github.com/melezhik/sparrowdo.git
cd sparrowdo
rakupp reinstall --no-test .
```

### Initialize Sparky Database

Only run this command after `zef install .` has finished:
Only run this command after Sparky install has finished

```bash
raku db-init.raku
Expand All @@ -165,6 +185,16 @@ If successful, you should see the following output:
```bash
All candidates are currently installed
```
!!! warning

RISC-V support is still in early testing.

For RISC-V run the following command:

```bash
rakupp install Sparky::JobApi
```


## Configure

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