MPS-Basic
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There are two choices to make.

  • Compiler/libraries
  • Build system

Contrary to Windows, Compiler and Libraries are combined in one choice.

Simple Answer

  • Use Clang as a compiler
  • Use Ninja as a build system

Steps to Build Environment

First install CMake, Clang and Ninja.

For Ubuntu 22.04 and later, please run the following command:

sudo apt install cmake clang libomp-dev ninja-build

(If you're using VSCode,) add the following to .vscode/settings.json. Create one if you don't have. This will make CMake to use Ninja as a generator (meaning VSCode will add -G "Ninja" to the command)

"cmake.generator": "Ninja",

Now you can build and execute following Execution page. Make sure you choose Clang as a compiler in the CMake tab in Visual Studio Code.

Detailed Explanations for Compiler and Libraries

To enable multi-threading, OpenMP version 5 is required. OpenMP official site provides a list of compilers that support OpenMP 5.

Clang

Clang is easy to install, and recommended in this MPS-Basic project. To enable OpenMP, OpenMP runtime (libomp-dev in debian/Ubuntu) is required.

GCC

GCC is a traditional compiler that is widely installed. However, OpenMP support is not as good as Clang. Since this project uses new features of OpenMP 5.0, we recommend Clang.

OneAPI

OneAPI (formerly known as Intel compiler) is a suite of tools for Intel CPUs. OpenMP 5.0 is supported from version 2021.1.

AOCC

AOCC (AMD Optimizing C/C++ Compiler) is a compiler for AMD CPUs. OpenMP 5.0 is supported from version 4.2.

Detailed Explanations for Build System

There are mainly three build systems that Windows users can choose.

Ninja

Ninja is easy to install and easy to use. We recommend beginners to use this build system since it's simple and fast.

Make

Make is a traditional build system that is widely installed. It's also easy to use, but -jX (X: the number of concurrent jobs) option is required to build in parallel.