// file : INSTALL.cli // copyright : Copyright (c) 2014-2018 Code Synthesis Ltd // license : MIT; see accompanying LICENSE file " Unless you specifically only need the \c{build2} build system and not the complete \c{build2} toolchain, you should use the \c{build2-toolchain} distribution instead. The instructions outlined below are essentially a summary of the first three steps of the manual bootstrap process described in \c{build2-toolchain} with a few extra examples that would primarily be useful for distribution packaging. Also, below we only show commands for UNIX-like operating systems. For other operating systems and for more details on each step, refer to the \c{build2-toolchain} documentation. \c{build2} requires a C++14 compiler. GCC 4.9, Clang 3.7, and MSVC 14 (2015) Update 3 or any later versions of these compilers are known to work. The build system is self-hosted, which means that unless you have obtained a pre-built binary from somewhere else, you will need to bootstrap it. To accomplish this, we use the \c{bootstrap.sh} shell script (or equivalent batch files for Windows) found in the root directory of the \c{build2} distribution. On UNIX-like operating systems as well as MinGW a GNU \c{make} makefile called \c{bootstrap.gmake} can also be used with the major advanage over the script being support for parallel compilation and an out of tree build (see comments inside the makefile for more information). The following is the recommended sequence of steps: \dl| \li|\b{0. Prerequisites}\n Get \c{libbutl} (normally from the same place where you got \c{build2}) and place it \i{inside} \c{build2}, so that you have: \ build2-X.Y.Z | `-- libbutl-X.Y.Z \ | \li|\n\b{1. Bootstrap, Phase 1}\n First, we build a minimal build system using \c{bootstrap.sh} (run \c{bootstrap.sh -h} for options): \ $ cd build2-X.Y.Z $ ./bootstrap.sh g++ $ build2/b-boot --version \ Alternatively, we can use the \c{bootstrap.gmake} makefile: \ $ cd build2-X.Y.Z $ make -f bootstrap.gmake -j 8 CXX=g++ $ build2/b-boot --version \ If you would prefer to bootstrap out of source tree, this is supported by the makefile (but not the script): \ $ mkdir build2-boot $ make -C build2-boot -f ../build2-X.Y.Z/bootstrap.gmake -j 8 CXX=g++ $ build2-boot/build2/b-boot --version \ | \li|\n\b{2. Bootstrap, Phase 2}\n Then, we rebuild the build system with the result of Phase 1 linking libraries statically. \ $ build2/b-boot config.cxx=g++ config.bin.lib=static build2/exe{b} $ mv build2/b build2/b-boot $ build2/b-boot --version \ Or, alternatively, for an out of tree build: \ $ build2-boot/build2/b-boot config.cxx=g++ config.bin.lib=static \ build2-X.Y.Z/build2/@build2-static/build2/exe{b} $ build2-static/build2/b --version \ | \li|\n\b{3. Build and Install}\n Finally, we configure, build, and optionally install the \"final\" version using shared libraries: \ $ build2/b-boot configure \ config.cxx=g++ \ config.cc.coptions=-O3 \ config.bin.rpath=/usr/local/lib \ config.install.root=/usr/local \ config.install.sudo=sudo $ build2/b-boot \ If you are only interested in installing the result, then you can avoid building tests by specifying the \c{update-for-install} operation in the last command: \ $ build2/b-boot update-for-install \ On the other hand, if I you are not planning to install the result, then you can omit the \c{config.install.*} values as well as \c{.rpath}. To install: \ $ build2/b-boot install $ which b $ b --version \ To uninstall: \ $ b uninstall $ which b \ Or, alternatively, for an out of tree build: \ $ build2-static/build2/b configure: build2-X.Y.Z/@build2-shared/ \ config.cxx=g++ \ config.cc.coptions=-O3 \ config.bin.rpath=/usr/local/lib \ config.install.root=/usr/local \ config.install.sudo=sudo $ build2-static/build2/b update-for-install: build2-shared/ $ build2-static/build2/b install: build2-shared/ $ b uninstall: build2-shared/ \ For distribution packaging it is often required to install \"as if\" into the system directory (for example, \c{/usr}) but to copy the files somewhere else (for example, \c{/tmp/install/usr}; aka the \c{DESTDIR} functionality). In \c{build2} this can be achieved with the \c{config.install.chroot} configuration variable, for example: \ $ build2-static/build2/b configure: build2-X.Y.Z/@build2-shared/ \ config.cxx=g++ \ config.cc.coptions=-O3 \ config.install.root=/usr \ config.install.chroot=/tmp/install \ || "