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title: "Building ! PDP7 Unix images yourself"
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description: In this post, we will see how you can build ! PDP7 UNIX system images yourself from the source from the preservation repository."
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slug: building-pdp7-unix-images-yourself
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authors: legacyinstaller
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tags: [unix, 1970s]
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image: ./img/make.webp
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keyword: [pdp7, unix, 1970, 1970s, virtualhub]
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---
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As promised in the [tutorial on how to use ! PDP 7 Unix on SIMH](/1970s/1970/pdp7unix/simh/), in this post, we will see how you can build ! PDP7 UNIX system images yourself from the source from the original [project to resurrect Unix on the PDP-7 from a scan of the original assembly code](https://github.com/DoctorWkt/pdp7-unix).
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This post assumes that you are running a Linux distribution. If you have not installed Linux yet, see [our tutorials on how to install Kubuntu, a beginner-friendly distro](https://setup.virtualhub.eu.org/tag/os/). If you really want to use Windows, you can use [WSL](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/) to follow this tutorial.
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First, we need to install some tools and dependencies to build it. On Ubuntu/Debian based distros, run the following command:
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```bash
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sudo apt install git make perl gcc libdatetime-perl
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```
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On Fedora and related distros, run:
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```bash
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sudo dnf install git make perl gcc perl-DateTime
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```
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On openSUSE and related distros, run:
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```bash
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sudo zypper in git make perl gcc perl-DateTime
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```
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On Arch based distros, run:
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```bash
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sudo pacman -S git make perl gcc perl-datetime
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```
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Now, move to the Downloads folder and clone the [pdp7-unix](https://github.com/DoctorWkt/pdp7-unix) repository:
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```bash
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cd ~/Downloads
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git clone https://github.com/DoctorWkt/pdp7-unix.git
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```
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Move to the `pdp7-unix` folder:
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```bash
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cd pdp7-unix
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```
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Run the following command to start making the images:
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```bash
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make binaries
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```
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After the command has completed, you will find files called `boot.rim` and `image.fs` in the `binaries` folder. Copy them somewhere and use them when asked in the [tutorial on how to use ! PDP 7 Unix on SIMH](/1970s/1970/pdp7unix/simh/).
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