Setup

Prerequisites

• Git — for cloning the repository
• MSYS2 — download here (provides pacman, a C++ compiler, CMake, and Qt6 all in one place)

Install dependencies via pacman

Open the MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit terminal (not the plain MSYS2 terminal) and run:

pacman -Syu

Restart the terminal if prompted, then run:

pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake mingw-w64-x86_64-qt6-base mingw-w64-x86_64-qt6-tools

This installs:

• mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc — C++ compiler
• mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake — CMake
• mingw-w64-x86_64-qt6-base — Qt6 Widgets and core modules
• mingw-w64-x86_64-qt6-tools — Qt's dev tools (includes moc)

Configure System Path

To ensure standard terminals (like Git Bash, VSCode, or Command Prompt) and IDEs can find these tools, you must add the MinGW binaries to your system's PATH.

1. Open Windows Search and type Edit the system environment variables.
2. Click Environment Variables... at the bottom.
3. Under System Variables (or User Variables), find Path and click Edit.
4. Add the following path: C:\msys64\mingw64\bin
5. Click OK and restart any open terminals or IDEs.

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/codyn06/CookBook
cd CookBook

Download the dataset

• Download the dataset from https://recipenlg.cs.put.poznan.pl/.
• Unzip it into the project root. This should create a directory called dataset/ containing full_dataset.csv.

Build the project

Run these from the MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit terminal (or a regular terminal if mingw64/bin is on your PATH):

mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -G "MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="C:/msys64/mingw64"
cmake --build . --target CookBook -j 16

Replace 16 with your CPU's thread count (terminal commands below):

• PowerShell: $env:NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS
• Command Prompt: echo %NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS%
• MSYS2/Git Bash: nproc

Run

./CookBook.exe

Project Structure

CookBook/  
├── dataset/           # Raw dataset (gitignored — see Setup)  
│ └── full_dataset.csv  
├── src/  
│ ├── main.cpp  
│ ├── data/            # CSV loading & parsing  
│ ├── gui/             # Qt interface (IngredientInput, FlowLayout, etc.)  
│ └── structures/  
│ ├── Structure.h      # Shared interface for hash map & graph  
│ ├── graph/           # Bipartite graph implementation  
│ └── hashmap/         # Inverted hash map implementation  
├── tests/
├── .gitignore  
├── CMakeLists.txt  
└── README.md