• Install rust
• Clone the repo
• Install the insta command for cargo

  cargo install cargo-insta
  

• Install graphviz on your system. You'll need a dot executable in your path.

• Install llvm 18 with brew install llvm@18
  • If you get an error with this step, try upgrading MacOS to at least Sonoma (14)
• Add llvm to PATH in your .zshrc file: export PATH="/opt/homebrew/Cellar/llvm/18.1.5/bin/:$PATH"
• Open a new terminal (sourceing alone may not work).
• Run make runtime to install the bril llvm runtime. If this fails, try running cargo clean in runtime and trying again.
• You may need to add LSystem to your path: export LIBRARY_PATH="$LIBRARY_PATH:/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/lib"
• Run the tests with make and ensure things build and run without errors.

• Install llvm 18. For Ubuntu users, we have a script for installation: ./install_ubuntu.sh
• Run make runtime to install the bril llvm runtime.
• Run the tests with make and ensure things build and run without errors.

• Add a bril file under tests/.
• Run cargo insta review to confirm the output for the new file.

• Make sure you have the command hyperfine (install if not).
• Run bash infra/localnightly.sh <bril file or directory>

To run the nightly server for an existing nightly, run cd nightly/output && python3 -m http.server.