Building Steppable (build.py)

Building Steppable (build.py)

Important

It is reported that CL.EXE cannot build Steppable, as nanobind, one of Steppable's dependencies cannot be built under Visual Studio. There is nothing that we can do, except to wait for a new release of Visual Studio. In the meantime, check out this Discussion post for more information.

Thank you.

On platforms where Python is available, you can use the build.py script to build Steppable. It is a simple script that can replace the need for CMake, Make, and other build tools.

Get Started

To get started, you would need:

Software	Purpose	Alternatives	Required?
LLVM Clang	C++ Compiler	GCC, MSVC...	YES
Python	Building	None	YES
Git	Downloading	Download as Zip	NO

First, clone the repository using the command:

$ git clone https://github.com/ZCG-coder/Steppable.git
Cloning into Steppable
...

For more information on getting the source code, see Getting the Source Code.

Then, invoke Python to run the build script:

$ python build.py
[1/5|20%] Building add.cpp.o
...

The script will generate a new directory called Steppable.build, structured as follows:

Steppable.build
├── bin -- Executables.
│   ├── ...
├── lib -- Library files.
│   ├── libbase.a
│   ├── libcalc.a
│   └── libutil.a
├── obj.temp -- Temporary object files, generated during the compilation.
│   ├── base.build
│   │   ├── ...
│   ├── calc.build
│   │   ├── ...
│   └── ...
├── status.json -- Cache values for the build.
└── status.log -- Build log.