catala/INSTALL.md
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# Building and installing the Catala language
## Requirements
### With Docker
The Catala compiler is written using OCaml. The repository provides a `Dockerfile`
to build a Docker image with all the dependencies required to build the Catala compiler.
Start by installing Docker: https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/
Then build the Docker image:
docker build . -t catala
Finally, start a `bash` shell inside a new container created from the newly built image:
docker run -it -v $PWD:$PWD -w $PWD --name catala catala bash
### With nix
The repository provides nix files to build or develop the catala compiler.
Once [nix is installed](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/#ch-installing-binary),
it is possible to enter a development shell:
nix-shell
or to build the Catala compiler, documentation and runtime library:
nix-build release.nix
Dependencies not yet in nixpkgs (`bindlib` and `unionFind` at the moment of writing)
are hardcoded inside the `.nix` directory. The `default.nix` should be compatible with
nixpkgs, if it finds a maintainer.
### With opam
The Catala compiler is written using OCaml. First, you have to install `opam`,
OCaml's distribution and package manager. Follow the [instructions on the `opam`
website](https://opam.ocaml.org/doc/Install.html).
Next, you will need to use the correct version of OCaml. Catala has been tested
with OCaml compiler versions that are at least 4.12.0. To switch to OCaml 4.12.0.,
just use:
opam switch 4.12.0
If you get a `No switch 4.12.0 is currently installed` error message, follow
the hint and enter `opam switch create 4.12.0`.
## Dependencies
Next, install all the OCaml packages that Catala depend on, as well as some
git submodules, with
make dependencies
This should ensure everything is set up for developing on the Catala compiler!
**Warning**: this command does not include the `z3` dependency required to enable
the proof platform feature of Catala. If you wish to enable support for the
proof platform and the `Proof` command of the Catala compiler, you should
instead execute `make dependencies-with-ocaml` prior to building the compiler.
Other features of the Catala repository also require the following executables
to be present
man2html virtualenv python3 pip rsync colordiff pygmentize nodejs npm
please install them if they're not here, otherwise you will get some errors.
On a Debian distribution, this can be
done with
sudo apt install python3-dev virtualenv python3-setuptools python3-pip python3-pygments man2html rsync colordiff npm nodejs libmpc-dev ninja-build
sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
On ArchLinux :
sudo pacman -S python-virtualenv man2html rsync colordiff nodejs npm
## Build
The project is distributed as a Dune artifact. Use standard dune commands to build
and install the library. Makefile aliases are here to help you: running
make build
builds the compiler from its OCaml sources.
## Install
The installation of the Catala compiler is handled through `opam`. Since the
Catala compiler is not yet published to the `opam` repository, you can install
a local version from this Git repository by using
opam install ./
To uninstall, use
opam unpin catala
### Generating website assets
The Catala website features assets generated by the Catala compiler. They are
needed to build the website. To produce them, simply run
make website-assets
Then, use a helper script to copy them over to the `assets` directory of the
Catala website.
./generate_website_assets.sh <path-to-catala-website>/assets
You will need the `man2html` executable to generate the HTML versions of the man
pages, as well as the `rsync` executable to transfer files (preferred to `cp`)
because it also works with a remote server.
## Syntax highlighting
The Catala language also comes with syntax highlighting to
ease program development. The syntax highlighting is done
with the [Iro](https://eeyo.io/iro/) compiler that allows
writing the syntax only once, and then export it to formats
understood by various IDE. Currently, two syntax
highlighting plugins are under version control.
### Atom
To get Catala syntax highlighting in Atom, simply enter from
the root of the repository, depending on the language you want to use :
make atom_fr
or
make atom_en
You can now reload Atom and check that you have syntax highlighting on any `.catala` file.
### VSCode
To get Catala syntax highlighting in VSCode, simply enter from
the root of the repository, depending on the language you want to use :
make vscode_fr
or
make vscode_en
You can now reload VSCode and check that you have syntax highlighting on any `.catala` file.
### Pygments
Pygments is a Python-based versatile lexer for various
programming languages. To use a version of Pygments
augmented with the Catala plugin, simply enter
sudo make pygments
This will execute the
script `syntax_highlighting/fr/pygments/set_up_pygments.sh`,
`syntax_highlighting/pl/pygments/set_up_pygments.sh` and
`syntax_highlighting/en/pygments/set_up_pygments.sh`.
The scripts patch your `pigmentize` executable, used for instance by the `minted` LaTeX package.
It will now point to the Catala-enabled version with the appropriate `catala_*` lexer.