# Installing

Installing on a linux system is a breeze

    wget -q http://www.colm.net/files/colm/thurston-phdthesis.pdf
    wget -q http://www.colm.net/files/colm/colm-0.13.0.4.tar.gz
    tar -xaf colm-0.13.0.4.tar.gz
    cd colm-0.13.0.4
    ./configure --prefix=/opt/colm
    make
    sudo make install

When we do:

    /opt/colm/bin/colm

We get:

    error: colm: colm: no input file given

It works!

## First impression

When we look a little bit closer we see that colm:

- is able to be build as a static and/or shared libray.

- is licenced under MIT

- is equipped with a vim syntax highlighting file

- is using the aapl (MIT licenced) library from Adrian Thurston (just like ragel does).

- There is one file in the repository that stands out: colm.lm In the Ragel repository there are also several .lm files. And it’s syntax looks like the colm language that is presented in the thesis.