How to compile with GENie?

[TheBoneJarmer]

Expected behavior:

Get the whole source compiled using make, which is generated by cmake, which is generated by genie

Actual behavior:

Make does nothing. No output, nada.

Steps to reproduce the problem:

1. git clone git@github.com:jarikomppa/soloud.git
2. cd soloud
3. cd build
4. genie cmake
5. cmake .
6. make

I have never worked with GENie before. Never heard of it either. I have always up till now worked with cmake, which basically just works. I have however not a single clue how to get this up 'n running with GENie though. It looks nice and clean so far but it lacks crucial documentation on how to actually use the damn thing. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

With kind regards, TheBoneJarmer

[jarikomppa]

I don't know if genie supports cmake. You can use genie to generate makefiles directly, no need to go through cmake. If you want to use cmake, there's a cmakefile under 'contrib' - I don't know if that works, though, as it's not something I support personally.

[TheBoneJarmer]

I did not knew I could generate a makefile directly. And that is eventually what I am trying to achieve. Could you therefore share the steps I have to take in order to generate a makefile? Because that would be greatly appreciated!

[jarikomppa]

If genie is too complicated, it's best to just include the SoLoud files in your project. See: http://sol.gfxile.net/soloud/quickstart.html

[TheBoneJarmer]

Including the entire source is no option for me. That said, GENie is not looking too complicated. It is just, I need to know the right steps to build this repo. With cmake this used to be clear for me but I cannot find any documentation concerning GENie at all. A lot about the lua scripting part but now how to properly use the CLI.

And with above steps I do not get the desired result since my makefile seems to do nothing. Which is why I would like to know if I am running GENie in the wrong place or with the wrong arguments or something else. I get it, it may be exhausting to have to explain a tool that you think is straightforward. But for me it is not and I know that I am not the only one. And it is rather frustrating.

[jarikomppa]

I actually tried looking around and could not find any genie tutorial to point at, which is curious.

Anyway, if you run genie without parameters in the soloud/build directory you should get commandline help. The soloud_devel.bat shows the parameters I use to quickly build the development environment I usually use.

Typically you'd use something like: genie --platform=x64 --with-miniaudio vs2017

If you want generic gnu makefiles, replace the vs2017 with gmake.

[TheBoneJarmer]

Sweet, thanks a lot! Will give that a try.

[TheBoneJarmer]

Ok, running the above instructions generated a gmake folder. And running make within the gmake folder successfully built soloud and generated binary files. Thanks a lot!