Configuring your development environment

The easiest way to work on the computer assignments is to use a virtual image that contains all the tools and dependencies you will need.

Using the virtual-image

First, you will need to install Docker or Podman on your system.

Then, retrieve the course’s docker image with

$ docker pull pablooliveira/compil

(If using Podman, replace docker with podman).

To run the image, if you are on a unix-like system run

$ docker run -it -v "$(pwd)":/compil pablooliveira/compil /bin/bash

If instead you are on a windows system run

$ docker run -it -v %cd%:/compil pablooliveira/compil /bin/bash

Once inside the image you should move to the /compil directory where your host’s local directory has been mounted.

Configuring the development environment from scratch

If you want to configure the development environment from scratch, we recommend that you use a Debian/Ubuntu-like distribution (such as Ubuntu 24.04 LTS). Ensure that you use a 64bit distribution. The labs in this course require LLVM 18. Please install the following dependencies:

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential flex bison libboost-program-options-dev llvm-18-dev clang-18 llvm-18-tools clang-format-18 python3 python3-yaml libz-dev autotools-dev automake autoconf libtool gdb git wget