Installing prerequisite software

An alternative to running the book recipes in a container is to install the dependencies directly on the host operating system. For this, we have assembled a minimal toolstack that can be used as a basic starting point for all of our recipes. You will have to install the following:

1. CMake
2. Language-specific tools, that is, the compilers
3. Build automation tools
4. Python

We will also detail how to install the additional dependencies required by some of the recipes.