From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8431842C6D; Fri, 9 Jun 2023 12:51:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAA8D41144; Fri, 9 Jun 2023 12:51:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga12.intel.com (mga12.intel.com [192.55.52.136]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7202E40A84 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2023 12:51:50 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1686307911; x=1717843911; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding; bh=IHpXUSbW/ry+iLcTDERs0s/bRbckCrArN4i8vWy7qtA=; b=Y4/E1HXpfmXJ0nz6HLJY9QRRdwTGoi75ZkdZwEOT2d4vALgdzk28b4p8 4mcOblCUHpzbgO8JZxjs5Ct6zRzvbETHHufU8ucmUKYErLf3QxihVg3RC eeB9xGjxR8qVLWAUePnA1jPdx/qIMbVt5/M9cqfCm7OF8Lifa4hEBkwSZ usscat2ASOD4BKOoSIsxQ3b0pSgRPoJRU0kjNZMsLYiun4M9wGCbOwmha 2/g4iYTwjki2gkJZmS8psFUI5v55cBEPznKAtZgWqNNwcMS84TbtCjw4L sLTeOUczJzxn8FHtwKm9I0mB+14N24Y8AhkfqPfXcb3C3mJBu5aaA97wC w==; X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6600,9927,10735"; a="337205884" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.00,229,1681196400"; d="scan'208";a="337205884" Received: from fmsmga008.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.58]) by fmsmga106.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 09 Jun 2023 03:51:49 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6600,9927,10735"; a="775459634" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.00,229,1681196400"; d="scan'208";a="775459634" Received: from silpixa00401385.ir.intel.com ([10.237.214.152]) by fmsmga008.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 09 Jun 2023 03:51:47 -0700 From: Bruce Richardson To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Bruce Richardson Subject: [PATCH] doc: prefer installing using meson rather than ninja Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2023 11:51:39 +0100 Message-Id: <20230609105139.76239-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.39.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org After doing a build, to install DPDK system-wide our documentation recommended using the "ninja install" command. However, for anyone building as a non-root user and only installing as root, the "meson install" command is a better alternative, as it provides for automatically dropping or elevating privileges as necessary in more recent meson releases [1]. [1] https://mesonbuild.com/Installing.html#installing-as-the-superuser Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson --- doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst | 2 +- doc/guides/cryptodevs/uadk.rst | 2 +- doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_dpdk.rst | 2 +- doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst | 2 +- doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst | 2 +- doc/guides/prog_guide/build-sdk-meson.rst | 4 ++-- 6 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst index 89db6260cf..00d6270624 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst @@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ ext_deps headers **Default Value = []**. Used to return the list of header files for the library that should be - installed to $PREFIX/include when ``ninja install`` is run. As with + installed to $PREFIX/include when ``meson install`` is run. As with source files, these should be specified using the meson ``files()`` function. When ``check_includes`` build option is set to ``true``, each header file diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/uadk.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/uadk.rst index 9af6b88a5a..136ab4be6a 100644 --- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/uadk.rst +++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/uadk.rst @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Test steps meson setup build (--reconfigure) cd build ninja - sudo ninja install + sudo meson install #. Prepare hugepages for DPDK (see also :doc:`../tools/hugepages`) diff --git a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_dpdk.rst b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_dpdk.rst index 514d18c870..86e8e5a805 100644 --- a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_dpdk.rst +++ b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_dpdk.rst @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ The final, install, step generally needs to be run as root:: meson setup build cd build ninja - ninja install + meson install This will install the DPDK libraries and drivers to `/usr/local/lib` with a pkg-config file `libdpdk.pc` installed to `/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig`. The diff --git a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst index c87e982759..b1ab7545b1 100644 --- a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst +++ b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_sample_apps.rst @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ the system when DPDK is installed, and so can be built using GNU make. on the FreeBSD system. The following shows how to compile the helloworld example app, following -the installation of DPDK using `ninja install` as described previously:: +the installation of DPDK using `meson install` as described previously:: $ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst index bbd2efc9d8..56a503dc96 100644 --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Once configured, to build and then install DPDK system-wide use: cd build ninja - ninja install + meson install ldconfig The last two commands above generally need to be run as root, diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/build-sdk-meson.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/build-sdk-meson.rst index 5deabbe54c..93aa1f80e3 100644 --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/build-sdk-meson.rst +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/build-sdk-meson.rst @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ following set of commands:: meson setup build cd build ninja - ninja install + meson install This will compile DPDK in the ``build`` subdirectory, and then install the resulting libraries, drivers and header files onto the system - generally @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ printing each command on a new line as it runs. Installing the Compiled Files ------------------------------ -Use ``ninja install`` to install the required DPDK files onto the system. +Use ``meson install`` to install the required DPDK files onto the system. The install prefix defaults to ``/usr/local`` but can be used as with other options above. The environment variable ``DESTDIR`` can be used to adjust the root directory for the install, for example when packaging. -- 2.39.2