====== Install ULAM ======
If you have installed MFM, you are now ready to install ULAM. This is a new powerful language to develop elements in the MFM environment. If you don't have MFM, you need to go back and have [[dev:install_latest_MFM|MFM installed]] first.

===== Clone the ULAM Repository =====

You will need to clone the code from github. Git will create a new folder of ULAM, so you don't need to make a new directory.

<code>
git clone https://github.com/elenasa/ULAM.git
</code>
After the clone is done, a new directory is created: /home/user/ULAM. The 'user' is your account name.

===== Configuration of the ULAM =====

To install ULAM compiler, you need to told ULAM where to find MFM. Touch a configuration file Makefile.local.mk in the /home/user/ULAM/ulam1/ directory. Then put the following code into this file:  
<code>
#Local configuration
MFM_ROOT_DIR := /home/user/MFM
#Rebuild if local configuration (this file) changes
ALLDEP +=$(ROOT_DIR)/Makefile.local.mk
</code>

===== Install the ULAM compiler =====
Now you can install the ULAM compiler. Go to the /home/user/ULAM/ulam1/. Type the make command.
<code>
make
</code>
If it throws out errors, there may be some missing dependencies. Open your package manager (for example, here we use Synaptic), and make sure you have installed libcapture-tiny-perl. {{ :dev:ulam_dependent_packages.png?560 |}}
Once you get all the packages installed, try the make again. Welcome to the land of ULAM. This [[dev:program_ulam|portal]] will take you to a tour of ULAM programming.