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| author | Jochen Eisinger <jochen@chromium.org> | 2015-10-07 11:20:58 +0200 |
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| committer | Jochen Eisinger <jochen@chromium.org> | 2015-10-07 11:20:58 +0200 |
| commit | 16703313a78f2370726a0663e9b90d67610daad8 (patch) | |
| tree | 5c857d6e9ffe61f026685367e296787580dc8ae2 /docs | |
| parent | 972a89c0828f08dcdfcaf06062920a49f9f5fdbe (diff) | |
| download | pdfium-16703313a78f2370726a0663e9b90d67610daad8.tar.xz | |
Move build instructions to README.md
That way, they'll be automatically displayed on gitiles
BUG=
R=andybons@chromium.org, tsepez@chromium.org
Review URL: https://codereview.chromium.org/1378073003 .
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diff --git a/docs/build.md b/docs/build.md deleted file mode 100644 index 4e6b16c0da..0000000000 --- a/docs/build.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,82 +0,0 @@ -# Building PDFium - -## Prerequisites - -Get the chromium depot tools via the instructions at -http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/install-depot-tools (this provides -the gclient utilty needed below). - -Also install Python, Subversion, and Git and make sure they're in your path. - -Optionally, you may want to install the [Ninja](http://martine.github.io/ninja/) -build system (recommended) rather than using your platform-specific build -system. - -## Get the code - -``` -mkdir pdfium -cd pdfium -gclient config --name . --unmanaged https://pdfium.googlesource.com/pdfium.git -gclient sync -``` - -## Generate the build files - -Now we use the GYP library to generate the build files. - -At this point, you have two options. The first option is to use the [Ninja] -(http://martine.github.io/ninja/) build system. This is the default as of -mid-September, 2015. Previously, the second option was the default. Most PDFium -developers use Ninja, as does our [continuous build system] -(http://build.chromium.org/p/client.pdfium/). - -On Windows: `build\gyp_pdfium -` For all other platforms: `build/gyp_pdfium -` - -The second option is to generate platform-specific build files, i.e. Makefiles -on Linux, sln files on Windows, and xcodeproj files on Mac. To do so, set the -GYP\_GENERATORS environment variable appropriately (e.g. "make", "msvs", or -"xcode") before running the above command. - -## Building the code - -If you used Ninja, you can build the sample program by: `ninja -C out/Debug -pdfium_test -` You can build the entire product (which includes a few unit tests) by: `ninja --C out/Debug -` - -If you're not using Ninja, then building is platform-specific. - -On Linux: `make pdfium_test -` - -On Mac, open build/all.xcodeproj - -On Windows, open build\all.sln - -## Running the sample program - -The pdfium\_test program supports reading, parsing, and rasterizing the pages of -a .pdf file to .ppm output image files (windows supports two other formats, and -.png support is available for all platforms in an alternate branch (see branches -section below)). For example: `out/Debug/pdfium_test --ppm path/to/myfile.pdf -` - -## Waterfall - -The current health of the source tree can be found at -http://build.chromium.org/p/client.pdfium/console - -## Branches - -There is a branch for a forthcoming feature called XFA that you can get by -following the steps above, then: `git checkout origin/xfa build/gyp_pdfium ninja --C out/Debug -` - -The XFA version of the sample pdfium\_test program supports rasterizing to .png -format files. For example: `out/Debug/pdfium_test --png path/to/myfile.pdf -` |