Tools
tool |
description |
website |
required |
notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
bash |
shell |
yes |
Technically sh, but go with bash. |
|
make |
build system |
yes |
use the command gmake |
|
gcc,g++ |
compiler |
yes |
||
autconf |
configuration system |
no |
||
wget |
file downloader |
no |
||
java |
language |
yes |
||
scp |
SSH file downloader |
no |
Java
Java may not be present on your system. In this case, install the JDK 5.0 for your platform.
Windows
You will need to install http://www.cygwin.com/. For simplicity, just install everything.
OSX
OSX comes with most of the tools above. You may have to install wget if you want to use SimDist.
Linux
All of the tools should be installed on Linux.