Setup

Getting everything installed and working can be among the more painful tasks in any software endeavor. In this chapter, you’ll learn what tools you will need in order to build and execute the examples contained in the book. You’ll learn a few relevant tips that may help prevent you from tripping over the same things I did.

This chapter currently includes setup instructions for Linux and Mac OS. If you are a Windows C++ programmer, refer to the information in ​Windows​, for recommendations.