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 flashprog 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

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

NixOS / Nixpkgs

nix-shell <flashprog_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

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