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by 1over137 913 days ago
I'm sure this is lovely software, and I'll probably try it, but...

Why is software so difficult to install these days? Why on earth should one need docker to build and run some C code? Why can't one just download an executable?
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xjia 913 days ago
If you build it from source it's actually a bunch of regular executables. Running as a container is for the purpose of making the environments hermetic/reproducible so that it's easier to support users.
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1over137 913 days ago
How do you conclude that? The instructions here:

https://github.com/naivesystems/analyze/wiki/How-to-run-on-m...

say docker is required.

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xjia 913 days ago
That's running the prebuilt container image. The README has instructions on how to build from source.
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1over137 913 days ago
The README says "To build from source, follow the steps below on Fedora 36 or 37. Other versions may also work but are not officially supported" So it seems on Mac and Windows docker is the only way. :(
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xjia 913 days ago
Yes, the code of the analyzer itself cannot be built on macOS or Windows directly. In those cases you will have to use either podman or docker to use the binaries prebuilt on/for Linux. The whole system depends on a lot of other stuff on Linux so it won't easily run on other OSes.
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1over137 913 days ago
Ah, that's too bad. For me at least, that makes the barrier to entry too high. Having to learn some new software (docker) just to try some other software is just too much.
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