Getting started

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Summary

• How does it work?

• Installation

• Testing

How does it work?

LibPyOSDev does not make you code an operating system in Python, but uses Python to generate Assembly code. The result is pure text, and Python does not run directly on your CPU. It can be described as a kind of very advanced preprocessor.

Installation

Step 1: clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/libpyosdev/libpyosdev

Step 2: make sure that all the requirements below are installed on your system:

• Python 3.11+

• pip

• NASM (if you want to assemble the generated code)

Step 3: run pip in the library directory. Make sure you are using a Python virtual environment.

# create the virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# install LibPyOSDev
pip install .

Testing

Now, let’s see if the library has been installed successfully:

python
>>> import libpyosdev

It should not display an error.