Compiling from Source with meson

Dependencies:

• C compiler (GCC | Clang) *
• meson >=0.53.0 *
• ninja *
• pkg-config *
• system-headers ***
• libpci ***
• libusb1 >=1.0.9 ***
• libftdi1 ***
• libjaylink ***
• libgpiod (Linux only) ***

* Compile time dependency *** Runtime / Programmer specific

Build Options:

• classic_cli=auto/enabled/disabled
• classic_cli_default_programmer=<programmer_name>:<programmer_params>
• classic_cli_print_wiki=auto/enabled/disabled
• ich_descriptors_tool=auto/enabled/disabled
• use_internal_dmi=true/false
• programmer=...

Configure

meson builddir -D<your_options>

• builddir is the directory in which flashrom will be build
• for all available options see meson_options.txt

Compile

ninja -C builddir

Install

ninja -C builddir install

System specific information

Ubuntu / Debian (Linux)

• linux-headers are version specific

apt-get install -y gcc meson ninja-build pkg-config \
	linux-headers-generic libpci-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libftdi1-dev \
	libjaylink-dev libgpiod-dev

ArchLinux / Manjaro

• libjaylink is not available through the package manager

pacman -S --noconfirm gcc meson ninja pkg-config \
	pciutils libusb libftdi libgpiod

NixOS / Nixpkgs

nix-shell <flashrom_source>/util/shell.nix

or

nix-shell -p meson ninja pkg-config pciutils libusb1 libftdi1 libjaylink libgpiod

OpenSUSE

zypper install -y gcc meson ninja pkg-config \
	pciutils-devel libusb-1_0-devel libftdi1-devel \
	libjaylink-devel libgpiod-devel

Alpine

apk add build-base meson ninja pkgconf pciutils-dev libusb-dev \
	libftdi1-dev libjaylink-dev linux-headers libgpiod-dev

Freebsd / DragonFly BSD

• libjaylink is not available through the package manager
• libusb1 is part of the base system

pkg install pkgconf meson ninja libpci libftdi1

OpenBSD

• libjaylink is not available through the package manager

pkg_add install meson ninja pkg-config pciutils libusb1 libftdi1

NetBSD

• libjaylink is not available through the package manager
• note: https://www.cambus.net/installing-ca-certificates-on-netbsd/

pkgin install meson ninja pkg-config pciutils libusb1 libftdi1

OpenIndiana (Illumos, Solaris, SunOS)

• libpci missing, pciutils is build without it
• libftdi1, libjaylink is not available through the package manager
• TODO: replace build-essential with the default compiler

pkg install build-essential meson ninja libusb-1

MacOS (Homebrew)

• Internal, PCI programmer not supported
• libjaylink is not available through the package manager

brew install meson ninja pkg-config libusb libftdi