README

Authors

• Konara Mudiyansealge Sachiththa Umesh Bandaranayake
• Sanjana Raparthi

Building and Running aStar

This is a guide on how to build and run aStar on different operating systems.

Windows

To build aStar on Windows, you need to have the following dependencies installed:

• MinGW: A development environment for Windows. You can download it from MinGW website.

Once you have MinGW installed, you can follow these steps:

1. Open a command prompt.
2. Navigate to the aStar directory.
3. Run the following command: mingw32-make

This will compile the program and generate an executable named aStar.exe. You can then run the program by executing aStar.exe.

Linux

To build aStar on Linux, you need to have the following dependencies installed:

• Make: A build automation tool. You can install it using the package manager of your Linux distribution.

Once you have Make installed, you can follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal.
2. Navigate to the aStar directory.
3. Run the following command: make

This will compile the program and generate an executable named aStar. You can then run the program by executing ./aStar or ./aStar [departure city] [arrival city].

macOS

To build aStar on macOS, you need to have the following dependencies installed:

• Xcode Command Line Tools: A set of software development tools for macOS. You can install them by running xcode-select --install in a terminal.

Once you have Xcode Command Line Tools installed, you can follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal.
2. Navigate to the aStar directory.
3. Run the following command: make

This will compile the program and generate an executable named aStar. You can then run the program by executing ./aStar or ./aStar [departure city] [arrival city]..

Generating Doxygen Documentation

To generate Doxygen documentation for aStar, you need to have the following dependencies installed:

• Doxygen: A documentation generator. You can download it from Doxygen website.

Once you have Doxygen installed, you can follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal.
2. Navigate to the aStar directory.
3. Run the following command: make doc

This will generate the Doxygen documentation in the doc directory.

To clean the object files, executable and generated documentation, you can use the following command: make clean

Distributing

To create a distribution archive, you can use the following command: make distribute