1. Building the Operating System.
- For Debian based OS (Ubuntu, Pop_OS, Kali, etc.)
sudo apt install -y make bison flex texinfo nasm mtools wget tar binutils build-essential doxygen git jq curl qemu-system-x86 xorriso
- For Arch based OS (Arch, Manjaro etc.)
sudo pacman -S make bison flex texinfo nasm mtools wget tar binutils base-devel doxygen git jq curl qemu qemu-system-x86 xorriso
Before building the OS itself, you have to build the window manager.
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Get the Window Manager
git clone https://github.com/Frost-Wing/FrostedWM.git
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Build the Window Manager
make
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Copy the
libFrostedWM.soYou must copy the libFrostedWM.so if not (A) The OS would not build into a final OS. (B) Would have problems during booting. (C) Will have a older version of the window manager.
You must copy the
libFrostedWM.soto./source/boot/(assuming you are currently in the root path of the OS.)
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Clone this repository to your local machine
git clone https://github.com/pradosh-arduino/FrostWing
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Change into the FrostWing directory:
cd FrostWing -
Install the bootloader
- Latest Version of Limine Bootloader
git clone https://github.com/limine-bootloader/limine.git --branch=v6.x-branch-binary --depth=1
- Compile the Limine bootloader
make -C limine
- Latest Version of Limine Bootloader
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Build FrostWing for your target architecture:
- For x86_64:
make -C source make - For aarch64 (ARM64):
make -C source ARCH="aarch64" make
- For riscv64 (RISC-V):
make -C source ARCH="riscv64" make
- (Optional - Recommened) To use custom cross compiler:
make -C source ARCH="xx" CC="xx" LD="xx" make
Note
A suitable cross-compiler for your target architecture (x86_64, ARM64, or RISC-V) is always recommended but the os is never tested with a cross-compiler and therefore it is optional
If you quickly need to clean, compile, build-iso and test run it with QEMU all together. You can run:
make everything
