autocmake/doc/developers/bootstrap.rst
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Bootstrapping a new project
===========================
Bootstrapping Autocmake
-----------------------
Download the ``update.py`` and execute it with ``--self`` to fetch other
infrastructure files which will be needed to build the project::
$ mkdir cmake # does not have to be called "cmake" - take the name you prefer
$ cd cmake
$ wget https://github.com/scisoft/autocmake/raw/master/update.py
$ python update.py --self
On the MS Windows system, use the PowerShell wget-replacement::
$ Invoke-WebRequest https://github.com/scisoft/autocmake/raw/master/update.py -OutFile update.py
This creates (or updates) the following files (an existing ``autocmake.cfg`` is
not overwritten by the script)::
cmake/
update.py # no need to edit
autocmake.cfg # edit this file
lib/
config.py # no need to edit
docopt.py # no need to edit
Note that all other listed files are overwritten (use version control!).
Generating the CMake infrastructure
-----------------------------------
Now customize ``autocmake.cfg`` to your needs
(see :ref:`autocmake_cfg`)
and then run the ``update.py`` script which
creates ``CMakeLists.txt`` and ``setup.py``::
$ python update.py ..
The script also downloads external CMake modules specified in ``autocmake.cfg`` to a directory
called ``downloaded/``::
cmake/
update.py
autocmake.cfg
lib/
config.py
docopt.py
downloaded/ # contains CMake modules fetched from the web
Building the project
--------------------
Now you have ``CMakeLists.txt`` and ``setup.py`` in the project root and the project
can be built::
$ cd ..
$ python setup.py [-h]
$ cd build
$ make