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Installation of Ikarus

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Graphical output is currently not supported on Windows 10 (but will probably be available in the future). Therefore, working on Windows 11 is recommended.

The installations on Windows relies on WSL 2, i.e. although working with Windows, the code is compiled and executed in Linux.

Installation on Windows using Docker Container and Clion

  1. Install WSL: Open the PowerShell as an admin and execute the following commands. Reboot afterwards, if requested. 
    wsl --install
wsl --set-default-version 2 #(Is not needed for Windows 11)
  2. Download and install Docker for Windows. During the installation, select the option "Install required Windows components for WSL 2"
  3. Install debian from WindowsAppStore
    1. Open the debian app
    2. Give yourself a username and password
    3. Close the debian app
  4. Open the PowerShell and execute: 
    wsl --list --all
    Debian should appear as one of the available Linux distributions.
  5. In the PowerShell execute: 
    wsl --setdefault Debian
  6. Try to start Docker. If it works, continue with the next step. If a message occurs that you are not allowed to use docker because you are not in the docker user group, follow these instructions. In short:
    1. Open computer management as admin
    2. Go to Local users and groups and find docker-users
    3. Add your Account (or a group of which you are a member) to the group.
    4. Restart your computer
  7. In Docker, go to Settings → General and select autostart for docker (otherwise you have to start it manually each time you want to work with Ikarus).

  8. In the Docker settings, select that Docker uses your WSL2 distribution Debian as shown in the picture. DockerWslSettings.png

    In cases docker says that you don't have a WSL 2 distribution, go to the PowerShell and execute 

    wsl --set-default-version 2 #(just to be sure that you didn't forgot this at the beginning)
wsl --set-version Debian 2 #(Converts debian to version 2)
    You should now be able to change the docker settings according to the picture above.

  9. Open the PowerShell and execute: 

    docker pull ikarusproject/ikarus-dev:latest #if you want to develop in Ikarus
docker pull ikarusproject/ikarus:latest #if you want to use Ikarus to run your own main file as in https://github.com/ikarus-project/ikarus-examples

  10. Download and install CLion. You need a version >=2022.1.
  11. In CLion, go to File and Settings and apply the following settings for the toolchain: img.png Edit the Container settings and paste the following command into Run options: 
    -e DISPLAY=:0 -v \\wsl$\debian\mnt\wslg\.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix -v \\wsl$\debian\mnt\wslg:/mnt/wslg --cap-add=SYS_PTRACE
  12. Clone Ikarus

Clone Ikarus

  • Clone the Ikarus repository.
  • Open the CMake tab in the CLion footer: ClionFooter.png
  • Click on Reload CMake project (refresh symbol): ReloadCmakeProject.png
  • CMake now detects all required sources automatically. The output should look similar to the screenshot below: CMakeOutput.png

Installation on Linux

  1. If you have docker available, simply pull the container with Ikarus installed to start developing. 
    docker pull ikarusproject/ikarus:latest
  2. Log in to the container via 
    docker container run -it --entrypoint /bin/bash  ikarusproject/ikarus:latest
  3. Instead of point 2, one can now also follow the documentation above if Clion on Linux is preferred.