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Install Pyrit with CAL++ support on Ubuntu 14.04 / Linux Mint 17.1

First, open a root shell. Enter your password when necessary:

sudo -i

Install the required dependencies:

apt-get install python-dev libssl-dev libpcap-dev zlib1g-dev cmake libboost1.54

Create a working directory to store all files:

mkdir -p /temp/pyrit
cd /temp/pyrit

Get the Pyrit source code:

svn checkout http://pyrit.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ /temp/pyrit/svn

Build and install Pyrit:

cd /temp/pyrit/svn/pyrit
python setup.py build
python setup.py install --record installed-files.txt

Go to http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/opencl-zone/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/#appsdkdownloads, and download the AMD APP SDK. (This guide was tested with v2.9.1 on 64bit)
Move the downloaded file into the directory /temp/pyrit, then execute the following to install the AMD APP SDK:

cd /temp/pyrit
bunzip2 AMD-APP-SDK*.tar.bz2
tar xvf AMD-APP-SDK*.tar
./AMD-APP-SDK*.sh

Get the CAL++ source code:

svn co https://svn.code.sf.net/p/calpp/code/trunk/ /temp/pyrit/calpp

Make a necessary modification to the CAL++ source code:

cd /temp/pyrit/calpp
sed -i.bak 's/ATISTREAMSDKROOT/AMDAPPSDKROOT/g' CMakeLists.txt

Build and install CAL++:

cmake .
make
make install

Make a necessary modification to the Pyrit CAL++ extension source code:

cd /temp/pyrit/svn/cpyrit_calpp
sed -i.bak -e 's/ATISTREAMSDKROOT/AMDAPPSDKROOT/g' -e "s/'include'/'include\/CAL'/" -e 's/0.4.0-dev/0.4.1-dev/' setup.py

Build and install the Pyrit CAL++ extension:

python setup.py build
export AMDAPPSDKROOT=/opt/AMDAPPSDK*
python setup.py install --record installed-files.txt

Clean up:

cat $HOME/pyrit/svn/pyrit/installed-files.txt $HOME/pyrit/svn/cpyrit_calpp/installed-files.txt $HOME/pyrit-installed-files.txt
rm -rvf $HOME/pyrit

Reboot to finish the installation.

To uninstall Pyrit and the Pyrit CAL++ extension:

cat $HOME/pyrit-installed-files.txt | xargs rm -rvf

How To Build Your Own Computer, Part 1

Have you ever wanted to build your own computer? Building your own computer has several advantages. You get to choose which parts go in your PC, and you can customize almost every aspect of it.

The first step to building a custom PC is choosing the parts. PCPartPicker is a very useful tool to choose the parts for your PC. It automatically checks compatibility between the parts that you choose. I used the following parts:

You can see the part list at http://pcpartpicker.com/user/abrakev/saved/. Note: The hard disks aren’t included, because I couldn’t find them in the PCPartPicker database.