lexbor: Build and Installation

To build and install the lexbor library from source code, use CMake (open-source, cross-platform build system).

Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X

In root directory of project (/):

cmake .
make
sudo make install

Flags that can be passed to cmake:

Flags	Default	Description
`LEXBOR_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL`	-O2
`LEXBOR_C_FLAGS`		Default compilation flags to be used when compiling `C` files. See `port.cmake` files in ports directory.
`LEXBOR_WITHOUT_THREADS`	ON	Not used now, for the future
`LEXBOR_BUILD_SHARED`	ON	Create shaded library
`LEXBOR_BUILD_STATIC`	ON	Create static library
`LEXBOR_INSTALL_HEADERS`	ON	The header files will be installed if set to ON
`LEXBOR_BUILD_TESTS`	OFF	Build tests
`LEXBOR_BUILD_EXAMPLES`	OFF	Build examples

Use the CMake GUI.

For Windows with MSYS:

cmake . -G "Unix Makefiles"
make
make install

All examples work from created build directory in the root directory of project:

mkdir build
cd build

I recommend creating a separate directory to build the project. It can be easily removed together with all garbage.

Build together with tests:

cmake .. -DLEXBOR_BUILD_TESTS=ON
make
make test
sudo make install

Set the installation location (prefix):

cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/my/path/usr
make
make install

Installation only shared library (without headers):

cmake .. -DLEXBOR_BUILD_STATIC=OFF -DLEXBOR_INSTALL_HEADERS=OFF 
make
sudo make install