install.md

Install dependency

libCacheSim uses cmake build system with Ninja generator and has a few dependencies: glib tcmalloc, zstd.

Install dependency on Ubuntu

Install glib, tcmalloc, cmake and ninja

sudo apt install libglib2.0-dev libgoogle-perftools-dev cmake ninja-build

Install zstd

zstd must be installed from source

wget https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/download/v1.5.0/zstd-1.5.0.tar.gz
tar xvf zstd-1.5.0.tar.gz
pushd zstd-1.5.0/build/cmake/
mkdir _build && cd _build/
cmake -G Ninja .. && ninja
sudo ninja install
popd

Install XGBoost [Optional]

git clone --recursive https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost
pushd xgboost
mkdir _build && cd _build
cmake -G Ninja .. && ninja
sudo ninja install
popd

Install LightGBM [Optional]

git clone --recursive https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM
pushd LightGBM
mkdir _build && cd _build
cmake -G Ninja .. && ninja
sudo ninja install
popd

Install dependency on Mac

using homebrew as an example. While the first line is necessary, the following two lines needs to be run if you encounter errors including:

• fatal error: 'argp.h' file not found
• /usr/local/include/glib-2.0/glib/gtypes.h:34:10: fatal error: 'glibconfig.h' file not found

brew install cmake ninja glib google-perftools
brew install argp-standalone
brew install pkg-config

Install zstd

Use the below command to install

brew install zstd

If still shows zstd not found after compilation, try

brew link zstd