On 4/5/19 2:04 PM, Joel Desermeau via users wrote:

Hello again my friends :)

I'm just a junior sysadmin, but I want to learn how to program in C and C++. Could a noux environment be created with compilers and debugging programs like gdb and valgrind?

Maybe one day I'll be good enough to be a Genode developer :) I can dream.

I'm going to let the devs answer your actual question ("Building Genode packages directly on Sculpt" is on the public Roadmap for later in the year), but I'll just mention a couple of quick things.

For now, developing for Genode is done in Linux. The whole installation process is described in "Genode Foundations" (http://genode.org/documentation/genode-foundations-18-05.pdf). (They recommend Ubuntu LTS, but I've been using Debian Unstable for years without problems.)

You need to download the Genode-specific build tools, which are very polished and pleasant to work with. Right now everything is done from the command-line, but there is nothing to prevent someone from configuring an IDE to invoke them (and writing about it for Genodians.org!).

(Personally, I do my Genode development in a VirtualBox VM, to keep things clean. And I believe the Genode team do the same, but running on a Genode host!)

As you're learning C++, it will be interesting to keep in mind that the Genode team has chosen to use only a subset of C++, to prevent many common problems that C++ is famous for. Norman wrote an interesting article on this subject at Genodians.org (https://genodians.org/nfeske/2019-01-22-conscious-c++).

As you find answers to things that are not obvious to new developers, please feel free to write them up for Genodians.org. It could save a lot of time for new developers coming after you!

Hope this helps a little,

John J. Karcher devuser@alternateapproach.com