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To reference or cite the objects present in the Software Heritage archive, permalinks based on SoftWare Hash IDentifiers (SWHIDs) must be used.
Select below a type of object currently browsed in order to display its associated SWHID and permalink.

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This interface enables to generate software citations, provided that the root directory of browsed objects contains a citation.cff or codemeta.json file.
Select below a type of object currently browsed in order to generate citations for them.

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#! /bin/bash
# Tested on fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
# If you want parallel compilation, run `MAKEFLAGS="-j$(nproc)" ./install.sh`

echo 'Installing dependencies via apt. You may be asked to enter your password.'
sudo apt-get -qy install git build-essential cmake libboost-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-serialization-dev libeigen3-dev libglew-dev libglfw3-dev libpng-dev python
git submodule update --init --recursive
mkdir -p build
pushd build
cmake ..
make
popd

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