N64 Development Kit

Summary

Develop C games for the Nintendo 64. Includes Debian C/C++ build tools as well as the N64 modern-sdk toolchain by CrashOveride.

Metadata	Value
Categories	Core, Languages
Image type	Dockerfile
Published images	mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/focal
Available image variants	debian-11, debian-10, ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-18.04 (full list)
Published image architecture(s)	x86-64, aarch64/arm64 for debian-11, ubuntu-22.04, and ubuntu-18.04 variants
Container host OS support	Linux, macOS, Windows
Container OS	Debian, Ubuntu
Languages, platforms	C

Setting up your enviornment for the N64 Development Kit

1. Download and install VSCode.
2. Download and install Docker
3. Open VSCode and look for "Extensions" tab. Open it.
4. Search for "Remote Containers". Install it.
5. ctrl+shift+p or cmd+shift+p to open up a VSCode command prompt. Type in Remote-Containers: Clone Repository in Container Volume. Allow it to reach out to Github.
6. Type in MrGlitchByte/N64devkit for repo.
7. Choose the branch you want to pull. NOTE: It takes a while to clone. Get a cup of coffee or take a 5 minute break.

Using this image

You can directly reference pre-built versions of Dockerfile by using the image property in .devcontainer/devcontainer.json or updating the FROM statement in your own Dockerfile to one of the following. An example Dockerfile is included in this repository.

• mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/debian (latest Debian GA)
• mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/debian-11 (or bullseye)
• mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/debian-10 (or buster)
• mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/ubuntu (latest Ubuntu LTS)
• mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/ubuntu-22.04 (or jammy)
• mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/ubuntu-20.04 (or focal)
• mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/ubuntu-18.04 (or bionic)

You can decide how often you want updates by referencing a semantic version of each image. For example

• mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/0-bullseye
• mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/0.205-bullseye
• mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/0.205.0-bullseye

However, we only do security patching on the latest non-breaking, in support versions of images (e.g. 0-debian-11). You may want to run apt-get update && apt-get upgrade in your Dockerfile if you lock to a more specific version to at least pick up OS security updates.

You can use the contents of Dockerfile to fully customize your container's contents or to build it for a container host architecture not supported by the image.

Beyond git, this image / Dockerfile includes zsh, Oh My Zsh!, a non-root vscode user with sudo access, a set of common dependencies for development, and Vcpkg a cross-platform package manager for C/C++.

It also includes the Visual Studio Code extensions C/C++ Tools, C/C++ Extension Pack, and C/C++ Advanced Linting.

Using Vcpkg

This dev container and its associated image includes a clone of the Vcpkg repo for library packages, and a bootstrapped instance of the Vcpkg-tool itself.

The minimum version of cmake required to install packages is higher than the version available in the main package repositories for Debian (<=11) and Ubuntu (<=21.10). Vcpkg will download a compatible version of cmake for its own use if that is the case (on x86_64 architectures).

Most additional library packages installed using Vcpkg will be downloaded from their official distribution locations. To configure Vcpkg in this container to access an alternate registry, more information can be found here: Registries: Bring your own libraries to vcpkg.

To update the available library packages, pull the latest from the git repository using the following command in the terminal:

cd "${VCPKG_ROOT}"
git pull --ff-only

Note: Please review the Vcpkg license details to better understand its own license and additional license information pertaining to library packages and supported ports.