gn-dist 2385.1

Binary distributions of GN (generate-ninja) for Linux.

gn-dist

Binary distributions of GN (generate-ninja) for Linux (glibc and musl).

Installation

python3 -m pip install gn-dist

# convenience wrapper script
GN_WRAPPER=$(which gn)
$GN_WRAPPER --version

# actual binary
GN_EXE=$(python3 -c "from gn_dist import GN; print(str(GN))")
$GN_EXE --version

# to add the actual binary to PATH, you can do e.g.:
GN_DIR="$(dirname $GN_EXE)"  # or use GN.parent above
export PATH="$GN_DIR:$PATH"
# ^ add this to your ~/.bashrc if you want

For Windows and macOS, you'll want Google's builds from CIPD:
https://chrome-infra-packages.appspot.com/p/gn/gn

Updating

To make a new release, first update the GN_REV in build_gn.py and rebuild locally. Then run src/gn_dist/gn --version and manually update the version field in pyproject.toml. Commit and push the changes. Finally, go to the Actions panel and run Build with the publish option checked.

History

See below for some background why gn-dist was created:

• https://groups.google.com/g/pdfium/c/1__HW-wzJ8c/m/5MCYXAuDBQAJ
• https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/7593779/comments/fdd2633a_eb123349

Related work

If you are looking for PyPI builds of ninja, scikit-build/ninja-python-distributions is somewhat equivalent to this project. Note though, it uses Kitware's fork of ninja, not the original version.