CMake configuration flags
Details about installation process are on our wiki .
Here you can find complete list of Xournal++ CMake flags (sorted by categories). Advanced settings are marked with [A] .
CMAKE
– some additional CMake related config
Variable name
Default
Description
CMAKE_DEBUG_INCLUDES_LDFLAGS
[A]
OFF
At the end of config process list all include dirs and libraries used by main xournalpp binary
DEBUG
– debugging switches (shouldn't be enabled for normal usage), all [A] and disabled by default
Variable name
Description
DEBUG_INPUT
Input debugging, e.g. eraser events etc
DEBUG_RECOGNIZER
Shape recognizer debug: output score etc
DEBUG_SHEDULER
Scheduler debug: show jobs etc
DEBUG_SHOW_ELEMENT_BOUNDS
Draw a surrounding border to all elements
DEBUG_SHOW_PAINT_BOUNDS
Draw a border around all painted rects
DEBUG_SHOW_REPAINT_BOUNDS
Draw a border around all repaint rects
DEV
– development options, which in most cases should be leaved as they are
Variable name
Default
Description
DEV_CALL_LOG
OFF
Call log (can take loooot of disk space and IO!)
DEV_CHECK_GTK3_COMPAT
[A]
OFF
Adds a few compiler flags to check basic GTK3 upgradeability support (still compiles for GTK2!)
DEV_ENABLE_GCOV
[A]
OFF
Build with gcov support
DEV_METADATA_FILE
[A]
metadata.ini
Metadata file name
DEV_METADATA_MAX_ITEMS
[A]
50
Maximal amount of metadata elements
DEV_PRINT_CONFIG_FILE
[A]
print-config.ini
Print config file name
DEV_SETTINGS_XML_FILE
[A]
settings.xml
Settings file name
DEV_TOOLBAR_CONFIG
[A]
toolbar.ini
Toolbar config file name
DEV_ERRORLOG_DIR
[A]
errorlogs
Directory where errorlogfiles will be placed
EXT
– add dependency basing on precompiled deb packages (UNIX only)
Variable name
Default
Description
EXT_GLIBMM
OFF
Glibmm and Gtkmm binaries
ENABLE
– basic stable features support
Variable name
Default
Description
ENABLE_GTEST
OFF
Download and build GoogleTest (if not previously done) and build tests instead of xournalpp application
PATH
– here you can specify alternative location of these binaries (there are no defaults)
Variable name
Description
PATH_AR
ar
is needed to unpack debs (if any of EXT
packages are added)
PATH_GIT
git
is needed to include info about issue tracker and other git-repo-realted info
PATH_TAR
tar
is needed to unpack debs (if any of EXT
packages are added)
PATH_WGET
wget
is needed to download debs (if any of EXT
packages are added)