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#+SETUPFILE: setup.org
#+TITLE: Building

To build Vericert, the provided Makefile can be used. External dependencies are needed to build the project, which can be pulled in automatically with [[https://nixos.org/nix/][nix]] using the provided ~default.nix~ and ~shell.nix~ files.

The project is written in Coq, a theorem prover, which is extracted to OCaml so that it can then be compiled and executed. The dependencies of this project are the following:

- [[https://coq.inria.fr/][Coq]]: theorem prover that is used to also program the HLS tool.
- [[https://ocaml.org/][OCaml]]: the OCaml compiler to compile the extracted files.
- [[https://github.com/mit-plv/bbv][bbv]]: an efficient bit vector library.
- [[https://github.com/ocaml/dune][dune]]: build tool for ocaml projects to gather all the ocaml files and compile them in the right order.
- [[http://gallium.inria.fr/~fpottier/menhir/][menhir]]: parser generator for ocaml.
- [[https://github.com/ocaml/ocamlfind][findlib]] to find installed OCaml libraries.
- [[https://gcc.gnu.org/][GCC]]: compiler to help build CompCert.

These dependencies can be installed manually, or automatically through Nix.

* Downloading CompCert

CompCert is added as a submodule in the ~lib/CompCert~ directory. It is needed to run the build process below, as it is the one dependency that is not downloaded by nix, and has to be downloaded together with the repository. To clone CompCert together with this project, you can run:

#+begin_src shell
git clone --recursive https://github.com/ymherklotz/vericert
#+end_src

If the repository is already cloned, you can run the following command to make sure that CompCert is also downloaded:

#+begin_src shell
git submodule update --init
#+end_src

* Setting up Nix

Nix is a package manager that can create an isolated environment so that the builds are reproducible. Once nix is installed, it can be used in the following way.

To open a shell which includes all the necessary dependencies, one can use:

#+begin_src shell
nix-shell
#+end_src

which will open a shell that has all the dependencies loaded.

* Makefile build

If the dependencies were installed manually, or if one is in the ~nix-shell~, the project can be built by running:

#+begin_src shell
make -j8
#+end_src

and installed locally, or under the ~PREFIX~ location using:

#+begin_src shell
make install
#+end_src

Which will install the binary in ~./bin/vericert~ by default. However, this can be changed by changing the ~PREFIX~ environment variable, in which case the binary will be installed in ~$PREFIX/bin/vericert~.

* Running

To test out ~vericert~ you can try the following examples which are in the test folder using the following:

#+begin_src shell
./bin/vericert test/loop.c -o loop.v
./bin/vericert test/conditional.c -o conditional.v
./bin/vericert test/add.c -o add.v
#+end_src