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NOTE:
Deprecation of the technologies described here has been announced
for platforms other than ChromeOS.<br/>
Please visit our
<a href="/native-client/migration">migration guide</a>
for details.
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<h1 id="nacl-dev-environment">NaCl Dev Environment</h1>
<h2 id="feature-status">Feature Status</h2>
<p>Here is a summary of feature status. We hope to overcome these limitations
in the near future:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><ul class="small-gap">
<li><p class="first">NaCl Development Environment</p>
<ul class="small-gap">
<li><p class="first">General</p>
<ul class="small-gap">
<li><p class="first">Supported:</p>
<ul class="small-gap">
<li>Bash (built-in)</li>
<li>Python (built-in)</li>
<li>Git (built-in)</li>
<li>Make (built-in)</li>
<li>Vim (built-in)</li>
<li>Nano (built-in)</li>
<li>Curl (built-in) + geturl for web</li>
<li>GCC w/ GLibC (x86-32 and x86-64 only)</li>
<li>Lua (install with: <cite>package -i lua &amp;&amp; . setup-environment</cite>)</li>
<li>Ruby (install with: <cite>package -i ruby &amp;&amp; . setup-environment</cite>)</li>
<li>Nethack! (install with: <cite>package -i nethack &amp;&amp; . setup-environment</cite>)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p class="first">Unsupported:</p>
<ul class="small-gap">
<li>Targeting Newlib</li>
<li>Targeting PNaCl (getting close...)</li>
<li>Forking in bash</li>
<li>Pipes / Redirection</li>
<li>Symbolic and hard links</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p class="first">Missing / broken on ARM:</p>
<ul class="small-gap">
<li>GCC (unsupported)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p class="first">Debugger</p>
<ul class="small-gap">
<li>Open issue causing it to suck CPU cycles (even when not in use).</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div></blockquote>
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