You need to clone a git repository to get files to follow this lesson. We’ve made a seperate branch in the repository for each episode so that as we transition from one episode to the next you can save your work on the old branch and check-out the next branch to get files that are identical to the ones the instructor is using. Here are the steps:
Open a Bash shell window.
(Optional) Navigate to a convenient directory.
Use the following git command to fetch the necessary files:
$ git clone https://github.com/fraserphysics/setup_make_novice.git make-lesson
Change into the make-lesson directory:
$ cd make-lesson
Verify that you have a branch for each episode:
$ git branch -a
* 01-intro
remotes/origin/01-intro
remotes/origin/02-makefiles
remotes/origin/03-variables
remotes/origin/04-dependencies
remotes/origin/05-patterns
remotes/origin/06-variables
remotes/origin/07-functions
remotes/origin/08-self-doc
remotes/origin/09-latex
remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/01-intro
You also need to have the following software installed on your computer to follow this lesson:
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.
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.
Use the Software Carpentry Windows installer.
Python2 or Python3 (preferred), Numpy and Matplotlib are required. They can be installed separately, but the easiest approach is to install Anaconda python https://www.continuum.io/downloads which includes all of the necessary python software.
The last episode uses the LaTeX document preparation system. If you find it too difficult to install, simply skip the exercises that use it and follow the discussion.