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The [[ProteanOS_Development_Kit|dev/prokit]], or prokit, is a software package
for installing, managing, and developing ProteanOS systems.  prokit enables you
to install a ProteanOS system, run a ProteanOS shell and other commands, manage
software packages on an installed ProteanOS system, and build packages for
ProteanOS.

Building and installing prokit is easy.  Ensure you have a **make**(1) utility
such as GNU Make installed.  No C or C++ compiler or other development tools are
necessary to build prokit.  To install and manage ProteanOS systems you need a
host system running Linux 3.4 or later.

The ProteanOS Development Kit uses the **chroot**(8) and **mount**(8) commands,
which on Linux require superuser access.  This guide assumes the use of
**sudo**(8) for running commands with superuser privileges.  Adjust where
necessary if you don't use **sudo**(8).


Downloading the ProteanOS Development Kit
=========================================

Download a released version of prokit from the files site by [HTTP][prokit-http]
or [FTP][prokit-ftp], e.g.:

    $ wget http://files.proteanos.com/pub/prokit/1.1.0/prokit-1.1.0.tar.gz
    $ tar -xzf prokit-1.1.0.tar.gz
    $ cd prokit-1.1.0/

Or clone it from the [Git repository][prokit-git]:

    $ git clone git://git.proteanos.com/prokit/prokit.git
    $ cd prokit/

To install ProteanOS on a supported PC, currently you'll need to get prokit from
its Git repository.

[prokit-http]: http://files.proteanos.com/pub/prokit/
[prokit-ftp]: ftp://files.proteanos.com/pub/prokit/
[prokit-git]: http://git.proteanos.com/prokit/prokit.git/


Building the ProteanOS Development Kit
======================================

Configure and build prokit:

    $ ./configure
    $ make

Or, if you cloned the Git repository, run:

    $ ./autogen.sh
    $ make

To build from the repository you'll need to have GNU Autoconf and Automake
installed.


Installing the ProteanOS Development Kit
========================================

It is recommended but not necessary that you install prokit to your system:

    $ sudo make install

Check that the installation was successful:

    $ prokit version


The ProteanOS Development Kit Manual
====================================

prokit comes with a manual, starting with the **prokit**(1) page:

    $ man prokit

Or, if you didn't install prokit, you can find the manual by running:

    $ man man/prokit.1

The manual is also available from the [[prokit_homepage|dev/prokit]].