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Build instructions

Clark Gaebel edited this page Mar 25, 2022 · 21 revisions

Magic-trace is written in OCaml. It uses opam as its package manager, and dune as its build system.

  1. Install opam bash -c "sh <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ocaml/opam/master/shell/install.sh)" && opam init --bare

  2. Select the 4.13.1 ocaml compiler opam switch create 4.13.1 4.13.1 && $(opam env --switch=4.13.1)

  3. Add the ability to fetch some extra dependencies opam repo add janestreet-bleeding https://ocaml.janestreet.com/opam-repository

  4. Clone the magic-trace repo git clone https://github.com/janestreet/magic-trace.git magic-trace && cd magic-trace

  5. Install dependencies opam install ./magic-trace.opam --deps-only; opam install ocamlformat

  6. Build, test, and autoformat it dune build @default @runtest @fmt --auto-promote

  7. Run it _build/default/bin/magic_trace_bin.exe -help

  8. Set up your editor.

  9. Hit up the issue tracker to find a bug to work on.