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1 # The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
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3 This directory and its sub-directories contain source code for LLVM,
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4 a toolkit for the construction of highly optimized compilers,
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5 optimizers, and run-time environments.
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7 The README briefly describes how to get started with building LLVM.
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8 For more information on how to contribute to the LLVM project, please
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9 take a look at the
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10 [Contributing to LLVM](https://llvm.org/docs/Contributing.html) guide.
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12 ## Getting Started with the LLVM System
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14 Taken from https://llvm.org/docs/GettingStarted.html.
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16 ### Overview
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18 Welcome to the LLVM project!
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20 The LLVM project has multiple components. The core of the project is
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21 itself called "LLVM". This contains all of the tools, libraries, and header
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22 files needed to process intermediate representations and convert them into
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23 object files. Tools include an assembler, disassembler, bitcode analyzer, and
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24 bitcode optimizer. It also contains basic regression tests.
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26 C-like languages use the [Clang](http://clang.llvm.org/) front end. This
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27 component compiles C, C++, Objective-C, and Objective-C++ code into LLVM bitcode
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28 -- and from there into object files, using LLVM.
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30 Other components include:
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31 the [libc++ C++ standard library](https://libcxx.llvm.org),
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32 the [LLD linker](https://lld.llvm.org), and more.
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34 ### Getting the Source Code and Building LLVM
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36 The LLVM Getting Started documentation may be out of date. The [Clang
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37 Getting Started](http://clang.llvm.org/get_started.html) page might have more
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38 accurate information.
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40 This is an example work-flow and configuration to get and build the LLVM source:
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42 1. Checkout LLVM (including related sub-projects like Clang):
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44 * ``git clone https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git``
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46 * Or, on windows, ``git clone --config core.autocrlf=false
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47 https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git``
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49 2. Configure and build LLVM and Clang:
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51 * ``cd llvm-project``
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55 Some common build system generators are:
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57 * ``Ninja`` --- for generating [Ninja](https://ninja-build.org)
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58 build files. Most llvm developers use Ninja.
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59 * ``Unix Makefiles`` --- for generating make-compatible parallel makefiles.
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60 * ``Visual Studio`` --- for generating Visual Studio projects and
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61 solutions.
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62 * ``Xcode`` --- for generating Xcode projects.
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64 Some Common options:
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66 * ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS='...'`` --- semicolon-separated list of the LLVM
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67 sub-projects you'd like to additionally build. Can include any of: clang,
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68 clang-tools-extra, libcxx, libcxxabi, libunwind, lldb, compiler-rt, lld,
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71 For example, to build LLVM, Clang, libcxx, and libcxxabi, use
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72 ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang;libcxx;libcxxabi"``.
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74 * ``-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=directory`` --- Specify for *directory* the full
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75 path name of where you want the LLVM tools and libraries to be installed
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78 * ``-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=type`` --- Valid options for *type* are Debug,
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79 Release, RelWithDebInfo, and MinSizeRel. Default is Debug.
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81 * ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=On`` --- Compile with assertion checks enabled
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82 (default is Yes for Debug builds, No for all other build types).
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87 * The default target (i.e. ``ninja`` or ``make``) will build all of LLVM.
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89 * The ``check-all`` target (i.e. ``ninja check-all``) will run the
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90 regression tests to ensure everything is in working order.
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92 * CMake will generate targets for each tool and library, and most
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93 LLVM sub-projects generate their own ``check-<project>`` target.
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95 * Running a serial build will be **slow**. To improve speed, try running a
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96 parallel build. That's done by default in Ninja; for ``make``, use the option
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97 ``-j NNN``, where ``NNN`` is the number of parallel jobs, e.g. the number of
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98 CPUs you have.
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100 * For more information see [CMake](https://llvm.org/docs/CMake.html)
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102 Consult the
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103 [Getting Started with LLVM](https://llvm.org/docs/GettingStarted.html#getting-started-with-llvm)
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104 page for detailed information on configuring and compiling LLVM. You can visit
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105 [Directory Layout](https://llvm.org/docs/GettingStarted.html#directory-layout)
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106 to learn about the layout of the source code tree.
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