This is an appendix to Understanding Unix/Linux
Programming
written for people interested in Ada programming on POSIX
systems.
You may want to download the Ada version of the examples from the book.
For each chapter there is source code for the examples, and a make file with the preferred compiler flags for each example.
These appendices to Understanding Unix/Linux
Programming
assume that you are using the GNU Ada compiler (GNAT). If
you run Debian or Ubuntu you are advised to install these packages:
The packages can be installed using this command:
% sudo aptitude install ada-mode ada-reference-manual build-essential emacs gnat gnat-doc libflorist-dev manpages-dev libncurses5-dev
Please make sure that you have this alias set up before you start:
% alias gnatmake='gnatmake -gnat05 -gnatE -gnato -gnatv -gnati1 -gnatf -fstack-check -m -O3'
You can check if it is set correctly like this:
% alias gnatmake gnatmake='gnatmake -gnat05 -gnatE -gnato -gnatv -gnati1 -gnatf -fstack-check -m -O3' %
When you have added this to your shell profile, gnatmake
will automatically have the appropriate settings for compiling the examples
included with this text.
Ada
Distilled
is a useful (and free) introduction to Ada for people
already familiar with programming in other languages. You can also download
the examples from
Ada Distilled
.
Another option for studying Ada is John Barnes' Programming
in Ada 2005
.
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