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Prerequisites

  • macOS
  • Windows WSL with Ubuntu 25.04 (trixie)
  • Ubuntu 25.04 (trixie)
  • Raspberry Pi OS (trixie)

Clone the Solution Repo

  1. Open WSL/Ubuntu terminal window.

  2. Clone the repo

    git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/gloveboxes/Altair-8800-Emulator
  1. Open a terminal window

  2. Clone the repo

    git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/gloveboxes/Altair-8800-Emulator

Build the Solution

  1. From a terminal window, go to the Altair-8800-Emulator/src folder that you cloned to your computer.

  2. Run the following commands to compile the Altair project:

    mkdir -p build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
cmake --build . --target all -j"$(nproc)"

  3. Check the build completion message to confirm a successful build. The build completion message will be similar to [100%] Built target serializer. If the build process fails, check that you installed all the required packages.