Currently, only Ubuntu 14.04+ is officially supported as primary development environment.
There are several dependencies, that should be installed manually. The following list is the absolute minimum for building:
gcc
or any C99-compliant compiler (native or cross, e.g., arm-none-eabi)cmake
>=2.8.12.2
Several scripts and tools help the building and development process, thus it is recommended to have the following installed as well:
bash
>=4.3.11
cppcheck
>=1.61
vera++
>=1.2.1
python
>=2.7.6
sudo apt-get install gcc gcc-arm-none-eabi cmake cppcheck vera++ python
To make our scripts run correctly, several shell utilities should be available on the system:
awk
bc
find
sed
To build debug version for Linux
python tools/build.py --debug
To build debug version for Linux without LTO (Link Time Optimization)
python tools/build.py --debug --lto=off
Add custom arguments to CMake
python tools/build.py --cmake-param=CMAKE_PARAM
Set a profile mode (ES5.1, subset of ES2015, minimal)
python tools/build.py --profile=es5.1|es2015-subset|minimal
Use (jerry, compiler-default, external) libc
The default libc is jerry-libc, but you can use compiler-default libc or an external libc:
- compiler-default libc:
python tools/build.py --jerry-libc=off
- external libc:
python tools/build.py --jerry-libc=off --compile-flag="-nostdlib -I/path/to/ext-libc/include" --link-lib="ext-c"
Add toolchain file
The cmake
dir already contains some usable toolchain files, which you can use in the following format:
python tools/build.py --toolchain=TOOLCHAIN
For example the cross-compile to RaspberryPi 2 is something like this:
python tools/build.py --toolchain=cmake/toolchain_linux_armv7l.cmake
Use system memory allocator
python tools/build.py --system-allocator=on --jerry-libc=off
Note: System allocator is only supported on 32 bit systems.
Enable 32bit compressed pointers
python tools/build.py --cpointer-32bit=on
Note: There is no compression/decompression on 32 bit systems, if enabled.
Change default heap size (512K)
python tools/build.py --mem-heap=256
If you would like to use more than 512K, then you must enable the 32 bit compressed pointers.
python tools/build.py --cpointer-32bit=on --mem-heap=1024
Note: The heap size will be allocated statically at compile time, when JerryScript memory allocator is used.
To get a list of all the available buildoptions for Linux
python tools/build.py --help
python tools/run-tests.py --precommit
To run build option tests
python tools/run-tests.py --buildoption-test
To run unittests
python tools/run-tests.py --unittests
To run jerry-tests
python tools/run-tests.py --jerry-tests
To run jerry-test-suite
python tools/run-tests.py --jerry-test-suite
To run signed-off check
python tools/run-tests.py --check-signed-off
To run cppcheck
python tools/run-tests.py --check-cppcheck
To run vera check
python tools/run-tests.py --check-vera
To get a list of all the available test options
python tools/run-tests.py --help