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There are also various\n[documents](https://github.com/ssrg-vt/hermitux/wiki/Documents) related to HermiTux listed in the\nwiki.\n\nThe instruction that follows are for x86-64. We have basic support for an ARM64 embedded\nboard, more information in the [Wiki](https://github.com/ssrg-vt/hermitux/wiki/Aarch64-support).\n\n## Prerequisites\n  - Recommended system: Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04, Debian 12 or 11 (GlibC support is not assured\n  on other distributions)\n    - See [here](https://github.com/ssrg-vt/hermitux/wiki/Old-Linux-distributions-requirements)\n    for additional instructions regarding older distributions Ubuntu 18.04/16.04 or Debian 10/9 \n  - Debian/Ubuntu packages:\n```\nsudo apt update\nsudo apt install git build-essential cmake nasm apt-transport-https wget \\\n\tlibgmp-dev bsdmainutils libseccomp-dev python3 libelf-dev\n```\n\n  - HermitCore\ttoolchain installed in `/opt/hermit`:\n```\nfor dep in binutils-hermit_2.30.51-1_amd64.deb gcc-hermit_6.3.0-1_amd64.deb \\\n        libhermit_0.2.10_all.deb  newlib-hermit_2.4.0-1_amd64.deb; do \\\n    wget https://github.com/ssrg-vt/hermitux/releases/download/v1.0/$dep \u0026\u0026 \\\n    sudo dpkg -i $dep \u0026\u0026 \\\n    rm $dep;\ndone\n```\n\n## Build\n\n1. Clone the repository and retrieve the submodules\n```bash\ngit clone https://github.com/ssrg-vt/hermitux\ncd hermitux\ngit submodule init \u0026\u0026 git submodule update\n```\n\n2. Compile everything as follows:\n\n```bash\nmake\n```\n\n## Run an application\n\nTest an example application, for example NPB IS:\n```bash\ncd apps/npb/is\n# let's compile it as a static binary:\ngcc *.c -o is -static\n# let's launch it with HermiTux:\nsudo HERMIT_ISLE=uhyve HERMIT_TUX=1 ../../../hermitux-kernel/prefix/bin/proxy \\\n\t../../../hermitux-kernel/prefix/x86_64-hermit/extra/tests/hermitux is\n\n# Now let's try with a dynamically linked program:\ngcc *.c -o is-dyn\n# We can run it by having hermitux execute the dynamic linux loader:\nsudo HERMIT_ISLE=uhyve HERMIT_TUX=1 \\\n\t../../../hermitux-kernel/prefix/bin/proxy \\\n\t../../../hermitux-kernel/prefix/x86_64-hermit/extra/tests/hermitux \\\n\t/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 ./is-dyn\n```\n\nFor more documentation about multiple topics, please see the wiki:\n[https://github.com/ssrg-vt/hermitux/wiki](https://github.com/ssrg-vt/hermitux/wiki)\n\nHermiTux logo made by [Kerbreizh Informatique](https://www.kerbreizh-informatique.fr/).\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/ssrg-vt.github.io%2Fhermitux%2F","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/ssrg-vt.github.io%2Fhermitux%2F","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/ssrg-vt.github.io%2Fhermitux%2F/lists"}