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# Installation Instructions

<!--toc:start-->
- [Installation Instructions](#installation-instructions)
- [0. Preliminaries](#0-preliminaries)
- [1. Setting Up Your Development Environment](#1-setting-up-your-development-environment)
- [Windows with MSYS2](#windows-with-msys2)
- [Windows Subsystem for Linux](#windows-subsystem-for-linux)
- [New Installs](#new-installs)
- [Existing Installs](#existing-installs)
- [Install Build Dependencies](#install-build-dependencies)
- [MacOS](#macos)
- [Linux](#linux)
- [Ubuntu (and other Debian derivatives)](#ubuntu-and-other-debian-derivatives)
- [Arch Linux (and derivatives)](#arch-linux-and-derivatives)
- [Fedora (and derivatives)](#fedora-and-derivatives)
- [Docker](#docker)
- [2. Downloading the Repository](#2-downloading-the-repository)
- [3. Specifying a Compiler License](#3-specifying-a-compiler-license)
- [Windows (including WSL 1)](#windows-including-wsl-1)
- [Unix Systems](#unix-systems)
- [4. Building the Repository](#4-building-the-repository)
- [5. Debugger Support](#5-debugger-support)
- [Troubleshooting FAQ](#troubleshooting-faq)
- [My Build is Failing After Merging from Main](#my-build-is-failing-after-merging-from-main)
<!--toc:end-->

This document details the steps necessary to build a copy of Pokémon Platinum
(EN-US) using this repository.

## 0. Preliminaries
## Table of Contents

- [1. Setting Up Your Development Environment](#1-setting-up-your-development-environment)
- [Windows Subsystem for Linux](#windows-subsystem-for-linux)
- [New Installs](#new-installs)
- [Existing Installs](#existing-installs)
- [Install Build Dependencies](#install-build-dependencies)
- [Windows with MSYS2](#windows-with-msys2)
- [MacOS](#macos)
- [Linux](#linux)
- [Ubuntu (and other Debian derivatives)](#ubuntu-and-other-debian-derivatives)
- [Arch Linux (and derivatives)](#arch-linux-and-derivatives)
- [Fedora (and derivatives)](#fedora-and-derivatives)
- [Docker](#docker)
- [2. Downloading the Repository](#2-downloading-the-repository)
- [3. Specifying a Compiler License](#3-specifying-a-compiler-license)
- [Windows (including WSL 1)](#windows-including-wsl-1)
- [Unix Systems](#unix-systems)
- [4. Building the Repository](#4-building-the-repository)
- [5. Debugger Support](#5-debugger-support)
- [Troubleshooting FAQ](#troubleshooting-faq)
- [My Build is Failing After Merging from Main](#my-build-is-failing-after-merging-from-main)

## 1. Setting Up Your Development Environment

### Windows with MSYS2

1. Download the MSYS2 installer from [the official website](https://www.msys2.org/)
and install it on your system.

2. Once the installation is complete, a terminal should automatically pop up.
To update your package registry, enter the following command:

```bash
pacman -Syu
```

Press 'Y' when prompted to confirm the update. This process may take a few
minutes. Once completed, the terminal will automatically close.

3. Re-open an MSYS terminal (the pink icon) from your Start Menu, then enter
the following commands to install necessary build dependencies:

```bash
echo 'export PATH=${PATH}:/mingw64/bin' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
pacman -S git meson gcc flex bison base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-arm-none-eabi-{binutils,gcc}
```

Press 'Y' when prompted to confirm the installation.

4. [Download the repository](#2-downloading-the-repository).

### Windows Subsystem for Linux

> [!IMPORTANT]
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```

WSL version 1 is preferred for most WSL users due to its increased performance
when accessing files in the Windows file system.
when accessing files in the Windows file system.

4. Open `Ubuntu` from your Start menu.

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3. [Download the repository](#2-downloading-the-repository).
### Windows with MSYS2
> [!CAUTION]
> `MSYS2 is known to currently produce a non-matching ROM; proceed at your own
> risk, and heavily prefer to build using Windows Subsystem for Linux, if at all
> possible.
If you are unable to run Windows Subsystem for Linux due to performance reasons
or lacking virtualization requirements, then MSYS2 may be an option for you.
1. Download the MSYS2 installer from [the official website](https://www.msys2.org/)
and install it on your system.
2. Once the installation is complete, a terminal should automatically pop up.
To update your package registry, enter the following command:
```bash
pacman -Syu
```
Press 'Y' when prompted to confirm the update. This process may take a few
minutes. Once completed, the terminal will automatically close.
3. Re-open an MSYS terminal (the pink icon) from your Start Menu, then enter
the following commands to install necessary build dependencies:
```bash
echo 'export PATH=${PATH}:/mingw64/bin' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
pacman -S git meson gcc flex bison base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-arm-none-eabi-{binutils,gcc}
```
Press 'Y' when prompted to confirm the installation.
4. [Download the repository](#2-downloading-the-repository).
### MacOS
1. Apple bundles a number of the requisite utilities into Xcode Command Line Tools;
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> Precise packages to be installed will vary by Linux distribution and
> package registry. A handful of common distributions are listed below for
> convenience.
>
> [!IMPORTANT]
> This project requires `meson` version `1.5.0` or higher. If the version of
> `meson` provided by your package manager is out of date, then follow
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### Docker
> [!CAUTION]
> The Docker build method is currently unmaintained and unsupported. Proceed at
> your own risk, and know that you may not receive much support from repository
> maintainers.
A `Dockerfile` is provided with the repository should you choose to build the
project as a container. If you do not have `docker` installed on your machine
and wish to make use of this feature, follow the instructions [here](https://docs.docker.com/desktop/).
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```
And then try rebuilding.
### Meson Replies With `ERROR: Unknown compiler(s)`
Example error message:
```
meson.build:1:0: ERROR: Unknown compiler(s): [['/mnt/c/pokeplatinum/tools/cw/mwrap', 'mwccarm']]
```
Meson provides some basic logging for its configuration process in
`build/meson-logs/meson-log.txt`. In that file, you should see some entries that
begin with `Detecting compiler via: ...`, which will give some insight into the
root of the error. For example:
```
Detecting compiler via: `/mnt/c/pokeplatinum/tools/cw/mwrap mwccarm --version` -> 1
stderr:
wine: '/home/<USER>/.wine' is a 64-bit installation, it cannot be used with a 32-bit wineserver.
-----------
meson.build:1:0: ERROR: Unknown compiler(s): [['/mnt/c/pokeplatinum/tools/cw/mwrap', 'mwccarm']]
```
In this instance, the user has installed 64-bit `wine`. Ensure that you have
installed 32-bit `wine`, then rebuild _after_ removing the prefix directory
using the following command:
```
rm -rf ~/.wine
```
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# This must be declared here instead of in tools/meson.build, as some tools depend
# on metang-generated constants.
subproject('metang')

metang_exe = find_program('metang', native: true)

enum_generators = {
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[wrap-git]
url = https://github.com/lhearachel/metang.git
revision = main
revision = python
depth = 1

[provide]
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