42 is 42. Thats all you need to know. More info is in the FAQ of our site. General info about 42 and other various topics is on our Github wiki.
First, you need to download the dependencies of 42, pretty simple because Ubuntu has that neat package manager. Heres the gist of what you need:
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential python-dev gcc g++ git cmake libboost-all-dev librocksdb-dev libreadline-dev
If you cant install librocksdb-dev on your version of Ubuntu, no sweat man, just add the repo via PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ethcore/ethcore -y
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install librocksdb-dev
Alright, now thats out of the way, its time to compile 42!
git clone https://github.com/FourtyTwo/42.git
Then
cd 42
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
Then
make -j4
Boom! You made it :D Also if your having permision issues related to build_detect_platform and version.sh in external/rocksdb/build_tools, its a permissions thing. Do chmod +x to version.sh and build_detect_platform (or the whole damn folder if you like)
Suprisingly enough, compiling 42 on Windows is actually not that hard! Its pretty simple, first just download the deps
You need Visual Studio Community 2017 When downloading, make sure you install Desktop Development with C++ and the VC++ 140 Toolchain (should be on the right of the installer screen) in order to compile correctly. You also need Cmake in order to make the MSVC solution file. And last but not least, you need the dreaded Boost 1.59.0 Make sure to download the MSVC 14 installer version of boost!
Alright, now thats out of the way let's build the answe- I mean 42!
In the x64 Native Tools Command prompt for Visual Studio 2017, go into the 42 folder
cd <your-42-folder-file-path
Now, we need to make the MSVC solution file
cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 Win64" -DBOOST_ROOT=C:/local/boost_1_59_0 CMakeLists.txt
Once its down making the build files, simply run this command in the same directory:
MSBuild 42.sln /p:Configuration=Release /m
Let it do its thing, and once it's done compiling go to /src/ and in the release folder the binaries will be there!
First, you need to download the dependencies of 42, for this the best is to use Homebrew.
Heres the gist of what you need:
Xcode from the Mac App Store and Xcode CLI (install with xcode-select install)
And brew install boost readline rocksdb; brew link --force readline
Alright, now thats out of the way, its time to compile 42!
git clone https://github.com/FourtyTwo/42.git
Then
cd 42
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
Boom! You made it :D
Also if your having permision issues related to build_detect_platform and version.sh in external/rocksdb/build_tools, its a permissions thing. Do chmod +x to version.sh and build_detect_platform (or the whole damn folder if you like)