Automation and Make: Setup

Files

You need to download some files to follow this lesson:

  1. Download make-lesson.zip.

  2. Move make-lesson.zip into a directory which you can access via your bash shell.

  3. Open a Bash shell window.

  4. Navigate to the directory where you downloaded the file.

  5. Unpack make-lesson.zip:

    $ unzip make-lesson.zip

  6. Change into the make-lesson directory:

    $ cd make-lesson

Software

You also need to have the following software installed on your computer to follow this lesson:

GNU Make

Linux

Make is a standard tool on most Linux systems and should already be available. Check if you already have Make installed by typing make -v into a terminal.

One exception is Debian, and you should install Make from the terminal using sudo apt-get install make.

OSX

You will need to have Xcode installed (download from the Apple website). Check if you already have Make installed by typing make -v into a terminal.

Windows

Use the Software Carpentry Windows installer.

Python

Python2 or Python3, Numpy and Matplotlib are required. They can be installed separately, but the easiest approach is to install Anaconda which includes all of the necessary python software.