How to install the build script used on the OOP course

The oop_build script is already installed on MSYS2 on the KCL systems, and included in the MSYS2 ZIP file provided for Windows users (link on the KEATS website). You can invoke it simply by typing oop_build on the terminal.

It can easily be installed on any other Unix-like system by following these instructions. If you're not familiar with this type of operation, we recommend you copy/paste the following instructions into a terminal exactly as shown below, in that order:

1. create the target folder if it doesn't already exist:

   mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
   

2. download the script to that target folder:

   curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jdtournier/simple_build/refs/heads/main/build > ~/.local/bin/oop_build
   

3. mark the script as executable:

   chmod a+x ~/.local/bin/oop_build
   

4. add the target folder to your shell startup script if that hasn't already been done:
   • if you use the zsh shell (default on macOS):

     grep -q '^export PATH=~/.local/bin/:' ~/.zshrc || echo 'export PATH=~/.local/bin/:"$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
     

   • if you use the bash shell (default on most other Unix systems):

     grep -q '^export PATH=~/.local/bin/:' ~/.bashrc || echo 'export PATH=~/.local/bin/:"$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
     

5. Close your terminal and open a new one for the changes to take effect

Feel free to modify these instructions to suit your needs if you're comfortable with this.