source: general/prog/ninja.xml@ 114fd4e5

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY ninja-download-http "https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/archive/v&ninja-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY ninja-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY ninja-md5sum        "e45bda009319f9af5385bb79e783da9f">
  <!ENTITY ninja-size          "176 KB">
  <!ENTITY ninja-buildsize     "3.0 MB (add 1 MB for the tests)">
  <!ENTITY ninja-time          "0.2 SBU (with tests)">
]>

<sect1 id="ninja" xreflabel="Ninja-&ninja-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="ninja.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Ninja-&ninja-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ninja">
    <primary sortas="a-Ninja">Ninja</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Ninja</title>

    <para>
      <application>Ninja</application> is a small build system with a focus on
      speed.
    </para>

    &lfs7a_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&ninja-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
<!--      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&ninja-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem> -->
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &ninja-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &ninja-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &ninja-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &ninja-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">CMake Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="python2"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <ulink url="http://re2c.sourceforge.net/">re2c</ulink>
      (only needed to modify the build), and
      <xref linkend="emacs"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/ninja"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Ninja</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>Ninja</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure.py --bootstrap</userinput></screen>

    <para>If Emacs is installed and you wish to build lisp files:</para>

<screen><userinput>emacs -Q --batch -f batch-byte-compile misc/ninja-mode.el</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue the following commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure.py &amp;&amp;
./ninja ninja_test &amp;&amp;
./ninja_test --gtest_filter=-SubprocessTest.SetWithLots</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -vm755 ninja /usr/bin/ &amp;&amp;
install -vDm644 misc/ninja.vim \
                /usr/share/vim/vim74/syntax/ninja.vim &amp;&amp;
install -vDm644 misc/bash-completion \
                /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/ninja &amp;&amp;
install -vDm644 misc/zsh-completion \
                /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_ninja
</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      If Emacs is installed, while still the
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -vDm644 misc/ninja-mode.el \
                /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/ninja-mode.el
install -vDm644 misc/ninja-mode.elc \
                /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/ninja-mode.elc</userinput></screen>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>...</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          ninja
        </seg>
        <seg>
          none
        </seg>
        <seg>
          none
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="ninja-prog">
        <term><command>ninja</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the Ninja build system.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="ninja ninja-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-ninja">ninja</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>