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Build & Test
============

Clone gobject-introspection with git:

.. code:: shell

    git clone https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gobject-introspection.git
    cd gobject-introspection


Autotools
---------

Build:
    .. code:: shell

        ./autogen.sh
        # To see the build options run "./configure --help"
        make

Test:
    .. code:: shell

        make check  # run tests
        make check.quality  # run code quality checks


Meson
-----

Build:
    .. code:: shell

        meson _build
        cd _build
        # To see the build options run "meson configure"
        ninja _build

Test:
    .. code:: shell

        meson test  # run tests
        flake8 ..  # run code quality checks


Dependencies
------------

gobject-introspection depends on a row of other packages, either strictly,
optionally or only for testing. The following installation instructions should
over all cases for some common Distributions.

Debian/Ubuntu:
    .. code:: shell

        sudo apt install pkg-config python3-dev flex bison libglib2.0-dev \
            autoconf-archive libcairo2-dev libffi-dev python3-mako \
            python3-markdown python3-distutils meson build-essential \
            gtk-doc-tools

Fedora:
    .. code:: shell

        sudo dnf install pkg-config flex bison cairo-devel
            cairo-gobject-devel autoconf-archive python3-mako gcc automake \
            autoconf python3-markdown meson libffi-devel python3-devel \
            python3 gtk-doc