Aptos-Specification-Workshop

For the purposes of demonstrating the formal verification capability of Aptos, we build this tutorial about specifying your code by Aptos Move Prover. We hope through this project, you can learn and understand about formal verification techniques, and build your specifications to guarantee the safety of your Dapp.

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• Environment Setup
  • Install Aptos CLI
    • Install On Mac
    • Install On Windows
    • Install On Linux
    • Install Specific Versions(Advanced)
  • Install Dependencies Of MVP

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Environment Setup

Before we start, setting up the environment is necessary. The Move Prover (MVP) is integrated in the Aptos CLI, a command line tool for developing, debugging, deploying and operating on the Aptos Network. So what we need to do is to include the installation of the Aptos CLI and the dependencies for the MVP.

Install Aptos CLI

Four installation methods are provided; please choose the preferred one.

Install On Mac

For Mac, the easiest way to install the Aptos CLI is with the package manager brew.

1. Ensure you have brew installed.
2. Execute the following commands to install client.

   brew update
   brew install aptos
   

3. Check if client is installed.

   aptos help
   

Install On Windows

For Windows, the easiest way to install the Aptos CLI tool is via Python script.

1. Ensure you have python 3.6+ installed.
2. Run the install script in PowerShell.

   iwr "https://aptos.dev/scripts/install_cli.py" -useb | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Content | python3
   

3. Update your PATH with the command looks something like the following one.

   setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\Users\<your_account_name>\.aptoscli\bin"
   

4. Check if client is installed.

   aptos help
   

Install On Linux

For Linux, the easiest way to install the Aptos CLI tool is via Python script.

1. Ensure you have python 3.6+ installed.
2. Run the install script in your terminal.

   curl -fsSL "https://aptos.dev/scripts/install_cli.py" | python3
   

   Or use the equivalent wget command:

   wget -qO- "https://aptos.dev/scripts/install_cli.py" | python3
   

3. Update your PATH with the command looks something like the following one.

   echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
   source ~/.bashrc
   

4. Check if client is installed.

   aptos help
   

Install Specific Versions(Advanced)

If you need a specific version of the Aptos CLI, you can build it directly from the Aptos source code.

1. Follow the steps to build Aptos from source here
2. Ensure you have cargo installed.
3. Build the CLI tool:.

   cargo build --package aptos --profile cli.
   

   The binary will be available at target/cli/aptos or target\cli\aptos.exe.
4. (Optional) Move this executable to a place in your PATH.
5. Check if client is installed.

   # for Linux/macOS
   target/cli/aptos help
   # for Windows
   target/cli/aptos.exe help
   

   Or

   aptos help
   

Install Dependencies Of MVP

If you want to use the Move Prover, install the Move Prover dependencies after installing the CLI binary.

1. Clone the Aptos repository.

   git clone https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core.git
   

2. Install dependencies.

   For Linux/macOS

   cd aptos-core/
   ./scripts/dev_setup.sh -yp
   source ~/.profile
   

   For Windows

   PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File ./scripts/windows_dev_setup.ps1 -y
   

   Note: Execute the Windows' command as an administrator!

If you’ve persisted up to this step, congratulations on completing the environment setup!