standardgalactic / ngyp

plain gyp distribution on npm

ngyp

Plain gyp distribution on npm. This project does not alter original gyp in any way. The main purpose of this repository is to allow developers to install and play with gyp quickly.

usage

Make sure you have python installed and available in your PATH.

npm install -g ngyp

Once project is installed, you can start generating your projects. By default ngyp command will forward all arguments to gyp_main:

> ngyp
gyp: usage: gyp_main.py [options ...] [build_file ...]

gyp_main.py: error: no build_file

hello world with gyp

Let's say we have the following files:

// main.cc - our main c++ file
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
  std::cout << "Hello World!" << std::endl;
}

In the same folder we have a gyp folder, which defines how to generate project file for this C++ code:

{
  "targets": [
    {
      "target_name": "hello-world",
      "type": "executable",
      "sources": [
        "main.cc"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

To generate a make file that compiles this project:

ngyp main.gyp --depth=. -f make --generator-output=build

This will create a build folder, where we can run make and get our code compiled:

> cd build && make
  CXX(target) out/Default/obj.target/hello-world/main.o
  LINK(target) out/Default/hello-world

> ./out/Default/hello-world
Hello World!

license

This module is distributed under MIT license. gyp license can be found in official repository