Reinstalling Haxe

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I’ve been using haxe 3.2.1 and everything’s been fine until haxelib.exe just got removed by avg with an apparent virus. Before I completely reinstall haxe, I’d like to know if there’s a way to download only haxelib.exe.

If I must reinstall haxe, will I also need to install openfl and all my libs again from scratch? I’d rather not go through the whole process of installing everything if I don’t need to.

What’s the least painful way for me to restore haxelib.exe?

EDIT:
Turns out I had haxelib.exe in a zip folder already on my PC. I copied it to my haxe directory and it worked.

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Glad you solved it, but for anyone who has this problem in the future, my advice is to make a copy of your Haxelib folder (the one named lib, not the one containing haxelib.exe), reinstall, and then restore that folder.

Honestly, I doubt reinstalling Haxe would remove your libraries, but you might as well back them up, just in case.

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The old Haxe installer (3.1?) might have removed it, but current ones do not – you’re safe to install over the top, at least on Windows :wink:

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@singmajesty
So, 3.2.x and on are safe to install over the top then? Just to be clear.

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At least, yes, I do this all the time on Windows, I forget what the Mac installer does

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Good advice. Backup is always a good idea.