(Setup instructions for the editor here).
You need Java JDK 11 installed to build the tools. Download and install the latest JDK 11 release from either of these locations:
- Adoptium/Temurin - The Adoptium Working Group promotes and supports high-quality runtimes and associated technology for use across the Java ecosystem
- Microsoft OpenJDK builds - The Microsoft Build of OpenJDK is a no-cost distribution of OpenJDK that's open source and available for free for anyone to deploy anywhere
When Java is installed you may also add need to add java to your PATH and export JAVA_HOME:
> nano ~/.bashrc
export JAVA_HOME=<JAVA_INSTALL_PATH>
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
Verify that Java is installed and working:
> javac -version
You need a 64 bit Python 2 version (x86_64) to build the engine and tools. The latest tested on all platforms is Python 2.7.16.
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Big Sur comes with both Python 2.7.16 and pip installed. On Big Sur Python is a universal binary (x86_64 + arm64), and there's no guarantuee which version it will pick. Using the x86_64 version is a requirement for our tools to work (we load shared libraries, which we build for x86_64).
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The latest version of Monterey (12.3.1) does not come with Python 2 installed. Install via https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2716/.
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For older versions of macOS you may need to install using Brew:
> brew install python2
You need the dos2unix
command line tool to convert line endings of certain source files when building files in share/ext
. You can install dos2unix
using Brew:
> brew install dos2unix
It is recommended but not required that you install the following software:
- wget + curl - for downloading packages
- 7z - for extracting packages (archives and binaries)
- ccache - for faster compilations of source code
- cmake for easier building of external projects
- patch for easier patching on windows (when building external projects)
- ripgrep for faster search
Quick and easy install:
> brew install wget curl p7zip ccache ripgrep
Configure ccache
by running (source)
> /usr/local/bin/ccache --max-size=5G
It's useful to modify your command prompt to show the status of the repo you're in. E.g. it makes it easier to keep the git branches apart.
You do this by editing the PS1
variable. Put it in the recommended config for your system (e.g. .profile
or .bashrc
)
Here's a very small improvement on the default prompt, whic shows you the time of the last command, as well as the current git branch name and its status:
git_branch() {
git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/(\1)/'
}
acolor() {
[[ -n $(git status --porcelain=v2 2>/dev/null) ]] && echo 31 || echo 33
}
export PS1='\t \[\033[32m\]\w\[\033[$(acolor)m\] $(git_branch)\[\033[00m\] $ '