Nanvix is a Unix-like operating system written by Pedro H. Penna for educational purposes. It is designed to be simple and small, but also modern and fully featured.
Nanvix targets 32-bit x86-based PCs and only requires a floppy or CD-ROM drive and 16 MB of RAM. You can run it either in a real PC or in a virtual machine, using a Live System's Image.
In order to build Nanvix, you will need a Linux like programming environment, the x86 GCC compiler and the x86 GNU binutils.
If you are running a Debian-based Linux distribution, like Ubuntu, you can simply run the following commands at the root directory:
sudo apt-get install make
sudo bash tools/dev/setup-toolchain.sh
sudo bash tools/dev/setup-bochs.sh
sudo reboot nowWhen done, you can build Nanvix by typing, at the root directory:
make nanvixOr you can build a Live System's Image by typing, at the same directory:
make imageThe support of Nanvix on macOS is still experimental. It relies on the Homebrew package manager (https://brew.sh), to get the necessary UNIX-like packages to build Nanvix.
The general flow for building Nanvix on macOS from the root directory is as follows:
bash tools/dev/setup-toolchain.sh
make TARGET=i386-elf nanvix
make imageUnlike the Linux-like systems procedure, this flow does not build
bochs from source. Instead, it installs the bochs package using brew.
As this package does not come with gdb-stubs support, you cannot run
Nanvix with --debug option (see details below).
To run Nanvix, type the following command at the root directory:
bash tools/run/run.shThe script above accepts some optional parameters to configure bochs.
Please, run bash tools/run/run.sh --help for more details.
See the documentation for an overview about the Nanvix system and detailed information.
Nanvix is a free software that is under the GPL V3 license and is maintained by Pedro H. Penna. Any questions or suggestions send him an email: pedrohenriquepenna@gmail.com