Setting Up Ubuntu for SlideRule Development

April 22, 2021 less than 1 minute read

1. Install Needed Packages

Install the basic packages needed to build the code

$ sudo apt install build-essential libreadline-dev git liblua5.3-dev

Install analysis and utility packages

$ sudo apt install curl meld cppcheck valgrind kcachegrind clang clang-tools lcov

Navigate to https://cmake.org/download/ and grab the latest stable binary installer for linux. (As of this writing: cmake-3.17.2-Linux-x86_64.sh).

Install cmake into /opt with the commands below (assuming the install script is in Downloads):

$ cd /opt
$ sudo sh cmake-3.17.2-Linux-x86_64.sh # accept license and default install location
$ sudo ln -s cmake-3.17.2-Linux-x86_64 cmake

export PATH=$PATH:/opt/cmake/bin

The official Docker installation instructions found at https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/ go up to Ubuntu 19.10.

For Ubuntu 20.04, Docker can be installed with the following commands:

$ sudo apt install docker.io

In order to run docker without having to be root, use the following commands:

$ sudo usermod -aG docker {username}
$ newgrp docker # apply group to user