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@@ -45,12 +45,21 @@ are encouraged to do as well. ### Coding -APT uses its own autoconf based build system, see [README.make](http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=apt/apt.git;a=blob;f=README.make) -for the glory details, but to get started, just run: +APT uses cmake. To start building, you need to run - $ make + cmake <path to source directory> -from a fresh git checkout. +from a build directory. For example, if you want to build in the source tree, +run: + + cmake . + +Then you can use make as you normally would (pass -j <count> to perform <count> +jobs in parallel). + +You can also use the Ninja generator of cmake, to do that pass + -G Ninja +to the cmake invocation, and then use ninja instead of make. The source code uses in most parts a relatively uncommon indent convention, namely 3 spaces with 8 space tab (see [doc/style.txt](http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=apt/apt.git;a=blob;f=doc/style.txt) for more on this). @@ -86,12 +95,8 @@ Testing ### Manual execution -When you make changes and want to run them manually, make sure your -`$LD_LIBRARY_PATH` points to the libraries you have built, e.g. via: - - $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/build/bin - $ ./build/bin/apt-get moo - +When you make changes and want to run them manually, you can just do so. CMake +automatically inserts an rpath so the binaries find the correct libraries. ### Integration tests |