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Installing Emscripten Using emsdk

Discover how to install and activate the Emscripten toolchain using emsdk. This lesson guides you through setting up all necessary components, configuring environment paths, and verifying the installation for smooth WebAssembly development.

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Installation

emsdk provides an easy way to install, manage, and switch versions of the Emscripten toolchain. emsdk takes care of setting up the environment, tools, and SDK required for compiling C/C++ to LLVM IR and then to JavaScript in the form of asm.js or the WebAssembly binary.

Let’s install Emscripten and start hacking:

  1. Clone the emsdk repo and go into the emsdk folder:

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git clone https://github.com/emscripten-core/emsdk
cd emsdk

  1. To install emsdk on the machine, run the ...