wabt

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The WebAssembly Binary Toolkit

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# Installation Guide

1. Get the code
git clone https://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt

Downloads the entire project code from GitHub to your computer.

cd wabt

Moves into the project folder you just downloaded.

2. Official Install Script

Easy Recommended
Prerequisites
  • Homebrew A package manager for macOS/Linux.
  • APT (Debian/Ubuntu 계열) Built into Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux distributions.
brew install wabt

Installs the pre-built package via Homebrew β€” no source build required.

sudo apt install wabt

Installs directly from the APT package repository (Debian/Ubuntu-based).

βœ… After installing, open a new terminal and run the program's version command (e.g. --version) to confirm it worked.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

3. CMake

Medium
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • CMake The tool used to generate build configuration.
  • C/C++ 컴파일러 Windows needs Visual Studio (Community edition, free), macOS needs Xcode Command Line Tools, Linux needs the gcc/g++ package.
$ cmake ..

Type this command into your terminal and run it.

$ cmake --build .

Type this command into your terminal and run it.

> cmake [wabt project root] -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=[config] -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=[install directory] -G [generator]

Type this command into your terminal and run it.

> cmake --build [wabt project root] --config [config] --target install

Type this command into your terminal and run it.

> cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=..\ -G "Visual Studio 14 2015"

Type this command into your terminal and run it.

βœ… Check that an executable was created inside the build folder, then run it directly (e.g. ./build/app_name).

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

4. Make

Medium
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Make Usually pre-installed on Linux/macOS. On Windows, install separately (e.g. via MSYS2 or WSL).
make

Compiles the code based on the generated build configuration to produce an executable.

βœ… If it finishes without errors, it worked. Try running the generated executable directly.
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