lg966 / cpp_learning_project

Tower Control Simulation Project

tower_control

guide planes to land safely

Requirements

The following software is necessary to compile and run the program

1. C++ compiler capable of compiling C++17 code (for example, gcc version 9 or above)
2. freeglut
3. OpenGL version 1.1 or above
4. CMake version 3 or above to generate the project

Linux

Make sure your gcc version is 9 or above. If it's not, and your package manager doesn't propose it, then you may need to upgrade your system first.

Then install freeglut using your favorite package manager.

Mac

Install freeglut using a package manager like brew.

Attention: For macOS > 10.8, you'll need to install and run XQuartz.

Troubleshoot: If you get messages like <some lib> was built for newer macOS version (XX) than being linked (XX) try updating/installing freeglut with brew!

Windows

Install the MSYS2 package manager by following the instructions on this page : https://www.msys2.org/. Once you have finished, you can install freeglut by tapping pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-freeglut in the MSYS2 console.

Edit the "Path" environment variable (the user or system one):

1. Add "C:\msys64\mingw64\bin" to it (if you installed MSYS2 elsewhere, then update the path accordingly).
2. If you had a previous MinGW version installed (usually located in C:\mingw"), remove its bin folder from the Path.

Open the project inside VSCode. Run the command Preferences: Open User Settings. Search for the setting CMake: Mingw Search Dirs and add "C:\msys64\mingw64 to it (without the bin folder). Restart VSCode, run the command CMake: Scan For Kits, then CMake: Edit User-Local CMake Kits. Add the following code inside the JSON of the MSYS2 compilers:

"preferredGenerator": {
  "name": "MinGW Makefiles"
},
"environmentVariables": {
  "CMT_MINGW_PATH": "C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\bin"
}

Restart VSCode again, and run CMake: Configure.

Build

You can build and execute the program from VSCode, as usual.

If you want to build it from a terminal, place yourself inside the top-level directory of the project, and use the following commands:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make