Introduction to Compiler Construction in a Java World

Download

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Setting Up j-- in IntelliJ

On Ubuntu Linux

1. Launch a terminal and run the following commands.

# Change to your home folder.
$ cd $HOME
# Install OpenJDK, ant, and spim.
$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-11-jdk ant spim
# Create workspace folder.
$ mkdir workspace
# Download j--.zip.
$ wget https://www.cs.umb.edu/j--/j--.zip
# Extract j--.zip under ~/workspace.
$ unzip j--.zip -d workspace
# Remove j--.zip.
$ rm j--.zip
# Set the j environment variable.
$ echo "export j=$HOME/workspace" >> $HOME/.bashrc

2. Download and install IntelliJ (Community Edition).

3. Open $j/j-- in IntelliJ.

On Mac OS X

1. Launch a terminal and run the following commands.

# Change to your home folder.
$ cd $HOME
# Install brew.
$ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
# Install OpenJDK.
$ brew install openjdk@11
# Install ant.
$ brew install ant
# Install spim.
$ brew install spim
# Create workspace folder.
$ mkdir workspace
# Download j--.zip.
$ wget https://www.cs.umb.edu/j--/j--.zip
# Extract j--.zip under ~/workspace.
$ unzip j--.zip -d workspace
# Remove j--.zip.
$ rm j--.zip
# Set the j environment variable.
$ echo "export j=$HOME/workspace" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
# Change your shell to bash.
$ chsh -s /bin/bash

2. Download and install IntelliJ (Community Edition).

3. Open $j/j-- in IntelliJ.

On Windows

1. Launch a powershell terminal and run the following commands.

# Change to your home folder.
$ cd $HOME
# Create workspace folder.
$ mkdir workspace
# Dowload j--.zip.
$ wget -O j--.zip https://www.cs.umb.edu/j--/j--.zip
# Extract j--.zip under ~/workspace.
$ Expand-Archive -LiteralPath j--.zip -DestinationPath workspace
# Remove j--.zip.
$ rm j--.zip
# Set the j environment variable.
$ setx j "$env:PATH;$HOME\workspace"

2. Download and unzip OpenJDK for Windows under some folder XYZ.

# Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable.
$ setx JAVA_HOME "$env:PATH;XYZ\bin"
# Update the PATH environment variable.
$ setx PATH "$env:PATH;XYZ\bin"

3. Download and unzip Ant under some folder XYZ.

# Update environment variable PATH to point to the XYZ\bin folder.
$ setx PATH "$env:PATH;XYZ\bin"

4. Download and install SPIM.

5. Download and install IntelliJ (Community Edition). Launch IntelliJ, go to Configure → Settings → Tools → Terminal and set Shell path to powershell.

3. Open $j/j-- in IntelliJ.

License

Each software made available here is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

The software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.