# Compile Analytical Network Simulator

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If any of the below steps fail, please make sure you have properly installed all required dependencies.
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## Overview
You can compile the analytical network simulator as a standalone binary through CMake.
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$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ cmake --build . --config=Release -j$(nproc)
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## Additional Options

### Build in Debug Mode
You can pass `--config=Debug` in line 4 of the compilation to compile binary in a debug mode, which enables assertions and debugger usage.
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$ cmake --build . --config=Debug -j$(nproc)
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### Compilation Target
If you want to compile a specific analytical network simulator, you can pass the `-DBUILDTARGET=<target>` option at line 3 when using CMake. Currently, the target could be `congestion_unaware` or `congestion_aware`. The default option is `all`.
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$ cmake .. -DBUILDTARGET=congestion_unaware
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