The recommended method is via xpm.

Overview

The xPack Ninja Build can be installed automatically, via xpm (the recommended method), or manually, by downloading and unpacking one of the portable archives.

• Windows
• macOS
• GNU/Linux

Easy install

The easiest way to install Ninja is by using the binary xPack, available as @xpack-dev-tools/ninja-build from the npmjs.com registry.

Prerequisites

The only requirement is a recent xpm, which is a portable Node.js command line application. To install it, follow the instructions from the xpm install page.

Install

With xpm available, installing the latest version of the package is quite easy:

cd my-project
xpm init # Only at first use.

xpm install @xpack-dev-tools/ninja-build@latest --verbose

This command will always install the latest available version, in the global xPacks store, which is a platform dependent folder (check the output of the xpm command for the actual folder used on your platform).

Tip: The install location can be configured using the XPACKS_STORE_FOLDER environment variable; for more details please check the xpm folders page.

Tip: The archive content is unpacked into a folder named .content. On some platforms this might be hidden for normal browsing, and require separate options (like ls -A) or, in file browsers, to enable settings like Show Hidden Files.

Uninstall

To remove the links from the current project:

cd my-project

xpm uninstall @xpack-dev-tools/ninja-build

To completely remove the package from the central xPacks store:

xpm uninstall --global @xpack-dev-tools/ninja-build --verbose

Test

To check if the xpm installed Ninja starts, use something like:

C:\>%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\xPacks\@xpack-dev-tools\ninja-build\1.11.0-1.1\.content\bin\ninja.exe --version
1.11.0

Manual install

For all platforms, the xPack Ninja Build binaries are released as portable archives that can be installed in any location.

The archives can be downloaded from the GitHub releases page.

Download

The Windows versions of xPack Ninja Build are packed as ZIP files. Download the latest version named like:

• xpack-ninja-build-1.11.0-1-win32-x64.zip

Note: In case you wonder where the suffix comes from, it is exactly the Node.js process.platform and process.arch. The win32 part is confusing, but we have to live with it.

Unpack

To manually install the xPack Ninja Build, unpack the archive and copy it into the %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\xPacks\ninja-build (for example C:\Users\ilg\AppData\Roaming\xPacks\ninja-build) folder; according to Microsoft, AppData\Roaming is the recommended location for installing user specific packages.

Note: For manual installs, the recommended install location is slightly different from the xpm install folders, which use the scope (like @xpack-dev-tools) to group different tools, and .content to store the unpacked archive.

Test

To check if the manually installed Ninja starts, use something like:

C:\>%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\xPacks\ninja-build\xpack-ninja-1.11.0-1\bin\ninja.exe --version
1.11.0

Easy install

The easiest way to install Ninja is by using the binary xPack, available as @xpack-dev-tools/ninja-build from the npmjs.com registry.

Prerequisites

The only requirement is a recent xpm, which is a portable Node.js command line application. To install it, follow the instructions from the xpm install page.

Install

With xpm available, installing the latest version of the package is quite easy:

cd my-project
xpm init # Only at first use.

xpm install @xpack-dev-tools/ninja-build@latest --verbose

This command will always install the latest available version, in the global xPacks store, which is a platform dependent folder (check the output of the xpm command for the actual folder used on your platform).

Tip: The install location can be configured using the XPACKS_STORE_FOLDER environment variable; for more details please check the xpm folders page.

Tip: The archive content is unpacked into a folder named .content. On some platforms this might be hidden for normal browsing, and require separate options (like ls -A) or, in file browsers, to enable settings like Show Hidden Files.

Uninstall

To remove the links from the current project:

cd my-project

xpm uninstall @xpack-dev-tools/ninja-build

To completely remove the package from the central xPacks store:

xpm uninstall --global @xpack-dev-tools/ninja-build --verbose

Test

To check if the xpm installed Ninja starts, use something like:

$ ~/.local/xPacks/@xpack-dev-tools/ninja-build/1.11.0-1.1/.content/bin/ninja --version
1.11.0

Manual install

For all platforms, the xPack Ninja Build binaries are released as portable archives that can be installed in any location.

The archives can be downloaded from the GitHub releases page.

Download

The macOS versions of xPack Ninja Build are packed as .tar.gz archives. Download the latest version named like:

• xpack-ninja-build-1.11.0-1-darwin-x64.tar.gz
• xpack-ninja-build-1.11.0-1-darwin-arm64.tar.gz

Unpack

To manually install the xPack Ninja Build, unpack the archive and move it to ~/.local/xPacks/ninja-build/xpack-ninja-build-1.11.0-1:

mkdir -p ~/.local/xPacks/ninja-build
cd ~/.local/xPacks/ninja-build

tar xvf ~/Downloads/xpack-ninja-build-1.11.0-1-darwin-x64.tar.gz
chmod -R -w xpack-ninja-build-1.11.0-1

Note: For manual installs, the recommended install location is different from the xpm install folders.

The result is a structure like:

$ tree -L 2 /Users/ilg/.local/xPacks/ninja-build/xpack-ninja-build-1.11.0-1
/Users/ilg/.local/xPacks/ninja-build/xpack-ninja-build-1.11.0-1/
├── README.md
├── bin
│   └── ninja
└── distro-info
    ├── CHANGELOG.md
    ├── licenses
    ├── patches
    └── scripts

5 directories, 3 files

Test

To check if the manually installed Ninja starts, use something like:

$ ~/.local/xPacks/ninja-build/1.11.0-1/bin/ninja --version
1.11.0

Easy install

The easiest way to install Ninja is by using the binary xPack, available as @xpack-dev-tools/ninja-build from the npmjs.com registry.

Prerequisites

The only requirement is a recent xpm, which is a portable Node.js command line application. To install it, follow the instructions from the xpm install page.

Install

With xpm available, installing the latest version of the package is quite easy:

cd my-project
xpm init # Only at first use.

xpm install @xpack-dev-tools/ninja-build@latest --verbose

This command will always install the latest available version, in the global xPacks store, which is a platform dependent folder (check the output of the xpm command for the actual folder used on your platform).

Tip: The install location can be configured using the XPACKS_STORE_FOLDER environment variable; for more details please check the xpm folders page.

Tip: The archive content is unpacked into a folder named .content. On some platforms this might be hidden for normal browsing, and require separate options (like ls -A) or, in file browsers, to enable settings like Show Hidden Files.

Uninstall

To remove the links from the current project:

cd my-project

xpm uninstall @xpack-dev-tools/ninja-build

To completely remove the package from the central xPacks store:

xpm uninstall --global @xpack-dev-tools/ninja-build --verbose

Test

To check if the xpm installed Ninja starts, use something like:

$ ~/.local/xPacks/@xpack-dev-tools/ninja-build/1.11.0-1.1/.content/bin/ninja --version
1.11.0

Manual install

For all platforms, the xPack Ninja Build binaries are released as portable archives that can be installed in any location.

The archives can be downloaded from the GitHub releases page.

Download

The GNU/Linux versions of xPack Ninja Build are packed as .tar.gz archives. Download the latest version named like:

• xpack-ninja-build-1.11.0-1-linux-x64.tar.gz
• xpack-ninja-build-1.11.0-1-linux-arm.tar.gz
• xpack-ninja-build-1.11.0-1-linux-arm64.tar.gz

As the name implies, these are GNU/Linux tar.gz archives; they were build on Ubuntu, but can be executed on most recent GNU/Linux distributions.

Unpack

To manually install the xPack Ninja Build, unpack the archive and move it to ~/.local/xPacks/ninja-build/xpack-ninja-build-1.11.0-1:

mkdir -p ~/.local/xPacks/ninja-build
cd ~/.local/xPacks/ninja-build

tar xvf ~/Downloads/xpack-ninja-build-1.11.0-1-linux-x64.tar.gz
chmod -R -w xpack-ninja-build-1.11.0-1

Note: For manual installs, the recommended install location is slightly different from the xpm install folders, which use the scope (like @xpack-dev-tools) to group different tools, and .content to store the unpacked archive.

$ tree -L 2 '/home/ilg/.local/xPacks/ninja-build/xpack-ninja-build-1.11.0-1'
/home/ilg/.local/xPacks/ninja-build/xpack-ninja-build-1.11.0-1/
├── bin
│   └── ninja
├── distro-info
│   ├── CHANGELOG.md
│   ├── licenses
│   ├── patches
│   └── scripts
└── README.md

5 directories, 3 files

Test

To check if the manually installed Ninja starts, use something like:

$ ~/.local/xPacks/ninja-build/xpack-ninja-build-1.11.0-1/bin/ninja --version
1.11.0

Testing

TODO