Cloning, Building and Running

Redox is big, even compressed. Downloading the full history may take a lot of bandwidth, and can even be costly on some data plans. Clone at your own risk!

Quick Setup

$ cd path/to/your/projects/folder/

# Run bootstrap setup
$ curl -sf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/redox-os/redox/master/bootstrap.sh -o bootstrap.sh && bash -e bootstrap.sh

# Change to project directory
$ cd redox

# Build Redox
$ make all

# Launch using QEMU
$ make qemu
# Launch using QEMU without using KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine). Try if QEMU gives an error.
$ make qemu kvm=no

QEMU with KVM

To use QEMU with KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine), which is faster than without KVM, you need a CPU with Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) or AMD Virtualization™ (AMD-V™) support. Most systems have this disabled by default, so you may need to reboot, go into the BIOS, and enable it.

Manual Setup

To manually clone, build and run Redox using a Unix-based host, run the following commands (with exceptions, be sure to read the comments):

$ cd path/to/your/projects/folder/

# HTTPS
$ git clone https://github.com/redox-os/redox.git --origin upstream --recursive
# SSH
$ git clone git@github.com:redox-os/redox.git --origin upstream --recursive

$ cd redox/

# Install/update dependencies
$ ./bootstrap.sh -d

# Install rustup.rs
$ curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh
$ source $HOME/.cargo/env

# Install the sysroot manager Xargo
$ cargo install xargo

# For successive builds start here. If this is your first build, just continue

# Update git submodules
$ git submodule update --recursive --init

# Build Redox
$ make all

# Launch using QEMU
$ make qemu

# Launch using QEMU without using KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine). Try if QEMU gives an error.
$ make qemu kvm=no

# Launch using QEMU without using KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) nor Graphics
make qemu kvm=no vga=no