Linux

As Linux is essentially the dream programming environment, very little setup is needed for the Lab part of this course. Furthermore, with Linux users, we expect that some of the following steps are not necessary as the requirements are likely already satisfied on your system, so you may skip any steps at your discretion.

The framework has been tested on Ubuntu 22.04, other Linux distros should work just as well as long as they support up-to-date versions of VS Code, clang, and make.

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Step 1: Install VS Code

Download and install Visual Studio Code (VS Code) for Linux.

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Step 2: Install the Required Packages

To work with the given assignment framework, you will need clang, make, and git:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install clang make git

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Step 3: Set up SSH with GitHub

One of the easiest ways to access your GitHub account (and with that your private repository) is to set up a Secure Shell (SSH) key. Follow the GitHub SSH Setup Guide for this.