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+# Chapter 1
+
+## Prerequisites and setting up the environment
+
+### 1.1 Prerequisites - rerun experiments on latest versions
+
+Before we set out to understand the source code and design of python it is imperative that we
+understand the setup of the system required.
+Below are listed the prerequisites that are required to setup python on your machine. If you
+already know how to compile python from source feel free to skip this section.
+1. Linux based Operating System preferably Ubuntu version greater 12.04. All the
+experiments were based on Ubuntu 12.04.
+2. Python source code
+(https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.0/Python-3.6.0.tgz)
+3. Eclipse for C/C++
+(http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-cc-developers/neon2)
+4. gdb
+5. make
+Once you have this checklist ready we can proceed to setup python for debugging.
+
+### 1.2​ Setting up the environment
+
+Let us examine the steps for setting up eclipse and python for debugging.
+1. Make a folder under your home directory and name it python-source.
+(Example: /home/ubuntu/python-source).
+2. Extract the contents of the python source code downloaded into the folder
+using the command $tar -xvzf <downloaded_python_tar>
+<folder_to_extract>
+3. Enter the folder in the command line using the command $cd
+python-source.
+4. Type the command $ ./configure –with-pydebug to enable debugging of
+the source code.
+5. When the command completes without errors enter the next command
+$make -j8. Where 8 is the number of CPU cores. This could vary on your
+system. Type the appropriate number.
+6. Open Eclipse and create a new C/C++ project and name it python-source.
+7. Select Import in Eclipse menu as shown in the pictures below.
+![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yashasingh/internalsofcpython36book/chapter1/chapter1/img1.png)
+![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yashasingh/internalsofcpython36book/chapter1/chapter1/img2.png)
+
+8. Complete the wizard by selecting the folder from the menu and the project
+to import to as python-source.
+9. Select the Run Menu and then select Debug Configurations to open the
+debug menu as shown below.
+10. ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yashasingh/internalsofcpython36book/chapter1/chapter1/img3.png)
+11. Select the python executable as shown below.
+12. ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yashasingh/internalsofcpython36book/chapter1/chapter1/img4.png)
+13. Click on the debug option and you must see the python shell in the
+debug menu.
+![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yashasingh/internalsofcpython36book/chapter1/chapter1/img5.png)
+You are ready to go.
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