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 # Building Matter

 Matter supports configuring the build with
 [GN](https://gn.googlesource.com/gn/), a fast and scalable meta-build system
 that generates inputs to [ninja](https://ninja-build.org/).

 Tested on:

 -   macOS 10.15
 -   Debian 11
 -   Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

 Build system features:

 -   Very fast and small footprint
 -   Cross-platform handling: (Linux, Darwin, embedded arm, etc.)
 -   Multiple toolchains & cross toolchain dependencies
 -   Integrates automated testing framework: `ninja check`
 -   Introspection: `gn desc`
 -   Automatic formatting: `gn format`

 ## Checking out the Matter code

 To check out the Matter repository:

 ```
 git clone --recurse-submodules git@github.com:project-chip/connectedhomeip.git
 ```

 If you already have a checkout, run the following command to sync submodules:

 ```
 git submodule update --init
 ```

 ## Prerequisites

 Before building, you'll need to install a few OS specific dependencies.

 ### Installing prerequisites on Linux

 On Debian-based Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, these dependencies can be
 satisfied with the following:

 ```
 sudo apt-get install git gcc g++ pkg-config libssl-dev libdbus-1-dev \
      libglib2.0-dev libavahi-client-dev ninja-build python3-venv python3-dev \
      python3-pip unzip libgirepository1.0-dev libcairo2-dev libreadline-dev
 ```

 ### Installing prerequisites on macOS

 On macOS, first install Xcode from the Mac App Store. The remaining dependencies
 can be installed and satisfied using [Brew](https://brew.sh/):

 ```
 brew install openssl pkg-config
 ```

 However, that does not expose the package to `pkg-config`. To fix that, one
 needs to run something like the following:

 Intel:

 ```
 cd /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
 ln -s ../../Cellar/openssl@1.1/1.1.1g/lib/pkgconfig/* .
 ```

 where `openssl@1.1/1.1.1g` may need to be replaced with the actual version of
 OpenSSL installed by Brew.

 Apple Silicon:

 ```
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:"/opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@3/lib/pkgconfig"
 ```

 Note: If using MacPorts, `port install openssl` is sufficient to satisfy this
 dependency.

 ### Installing prerequisites on Raspberry Pi 4

 Using `rpi-imager`, install the Ubuntu _22.04_ 64-bit _server_ OS for arm64
 architectures on a micro SD card.

 Boot the SD card, login with the default user account "ubuntu" and password
 "ubuntu", then proceed with
 [Installing prerequisites on Linux](#installing-prerequisites-on-linux).

 Finally, install some Raspberry Pi specific dependencies:

 ```
 sudo apt-get install pi-bluetooth avahi-utils
 ```

 You need to reboot your RPi after install `pi-bluetooth`.

 By default, wpa_supplicant is not allowed to update (overwrite) configuration,
 if you want the Matter app to be able to store the configuration changes
 permanently, we need to make the following changes.

 1. Edit the dbus-fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.service file to use configuration file
    instead.

 ```
 sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/dbus-fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.service
 ```

 Change the wpa_supplicant start parameters to:

 ```
 ExecStart=/sbin/wpa_supplicant -u -s -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
 ```

 2. Add the wpa-supplicant configuration file

 ```
 sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
 ```

 And add the following content to the file:

 ```
 ctrl_interface=DIR=/run/wpa_supplicant
 update_config=1
 ```

 Finally, reboot your RPi.

 ## Prepare for building

 Before running any other build command, the `scripts/activate.sh` environment
 setup script should be sourced at the top level. This script takes care of
 downloading GN, ninja, and setting up a Python environment with libraries used
 to build and test.

 ```
 source scripts/activate.sh
 ```

 If this script says the environment is out of date, it can be updated by
 running:

 ```
 source scripts/bootstrap.sh
 ```

 The `scripts/bootstrap.sh` script re-creates the environment from scratch, which
 is expensive, so avoid running it unless the environment is out of date.

 ## Build for the host OS (Linux or macOS)

 This will build all sources, libraries, and tests for the host platform:

 ```
 source scripts/activate.sh

 gn gen out/host

 ninja -C out/host
 ```

 This generates a configuration suitable for debugging. To configure an optimized
 build, specify `is_debug=false`:

 ```
 gn gen out/host --args='is_debug=false'

 ninja -C out/host
 ```

 The directory name `out/host` can be any directory, although it's conventional
 to build within the `out` directory. This example uses `host` to emphasize that
 we're building for the host system. Different build directories can be used for
 different configurations, or a single directory can be used and reconfigured as
 necessary via `gn args`.

 To run all tests, run:

 ```
 ninja -C out/host check
 ```

 To run only the tests in `src/inet/tests`, you can run:

 ```
 ninja -C out/host src/inet/tests:tests_run
 ```

 Note that the build system caches passing tests, so if you see

 ```
 ninja: no work to do
 ```

 that means that the tests passed in a previous build.

 ## Build custom configuration

 The build is configured by setting build arguments. These are set by passing the
 `--args` option to `gn gen`, by running `gn args` on the output directory, or by
 hand editing `args.gn` in the output directory. To configure a new build or edit
 the arguments to existing build, run:

 ```
 source scripts/activate.sh

 gn args out/custom

 ninja -C out/custom
 ```

 Two key builtin build arguments are `target_os` and `target_cpu`, which control
 the OS & CPU of the build.

 To see help for all available build arguments:

 ```
 gn gen out/custom
 gn args --list out/custom
 ```

 ## Build examples

 Examples can be built in two ways, as separate projects that add Matter in the
 third_party directory, or in the top level Matter project.

 To build the `chip-shell` example as a separate project:

 ```
 cd examples/shell
 gn gen out/debug
 ninja -C out/debug
 ```

 To build it at the top level, see below under "Unified Builds".

 ## Unified builds

 To build a unified configuration that approximates the set of continuous builds:

 ```
 source scripts/activate.sh

 gn gen out/unified --args='is_debug=true target_os="all"'

 ninja -C out/unified all
 ```

 This can be used prior to change submission to configure, build, and test the
 gcc, clang, mbedtls, & examples configurations all together in one parallel
 build. Each configuration has a separate subdirectory in the output dir.

 This unified build can be used for day to day development, although it's more
 expensive to build everything for every edit. To save time, you can name the
 configuration to build:

 ```
 ninja -C out/unified host_gcc
 ninja -C out/unified check_host_gcc
 ```

 Replace `host_gcc` with the name of the configuration, which is found in the
 root `BUILD.gn`.

 You can also fine tune the configurations generated via arguments such as:

 ```
 gn gen out/unified --args='is_debug=true target_os="all" enable_host_clang_build=false'
 ```

 For a full list, see the root `BUILD.gn`.

 Note that in the unified build, targets have multiple instances and need to be
 disambiguated by adding a `(toolchain)` suffix. Use `gn ls out/debug` to list
 all of the target instances. For example:

 ```
 gn desc out/unified '//src/controller(//build/toolchain/host:linux_x64_clang)'
 ```

 Note: Some platforms that can be built as part of the unified build require
 downloading additional tools. To add these to the build, the location must be
 provided as a build argument. For example, to add the Simplelink cc13x2_26x2
 examples to the unified build, install
 [SysConfig](https://www.ti.com/tool/SYSCONFIG) and add the following build
 arguments:

 ```
 gn gen out/unified --args="target_os=\"all\" enable_ti_simplelink_builds=true ti_sysconfig_root=\"/path/to/sysconfig\""
 ```

 ## Getting help

 GN has builtin help via

 ```
 gn help
 ```

 Recommended topics:

 ```
 gn help execution
 gn help grammar
 gn help toolchain
 ```

 Also see the
 [quick start guide](https://gn.googlesource.com/gn/+/master/docs/quick_start.md).

 ## Introspection

 GN has various introspection tools to help examine the build configuration.

 To show all of the targets in an output directory:

 ```
 gn ls out/host
 ```

 To show all of the files that will be built:

 ```
 gn outputs out/host '*'
 ```

 To show the GN representation of a configured target:

 ```
 gn desc out/host //src/inet --all
 ```

 To dump the GN representation of the entire build as JSON:

 ```
 gn desc out/host/ '*' --all --format=json
 ```

 To show the dependency tree:

 ```
 gn desc out/host //:all deps --tree --all
 ```

 To find dependency paths:

 ```
 gn path out/host //src/transport/tests:tests //src/system
 ```

 To list useful information for linking against libCHIP:

 ```
 gn desc out/host //src/lib include_dirs
 gn desc out/host //src/lib defines
 gn desc out/host //src/lib outputs

 # everything as JSON
 gn desc out/host //src/lib --format=json
 ```

 ## Maintaining Matter

 If you make any change to the GN build system, the next build will regenerate
 the ninja files automatically. No need to do anything.
	# Building Matter

	Matter supports configuring the build with
	[GN](https://gn.googlesource.com/gn/), a fast and scalable meta-build system
	that generates inputs to [ninja](https://ninja-build.org/).

	Tested on:

	- macOS 10.15
	- Debian 11
	- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

	Build system features:

	- Very fast and small footprint
	- Cross-platform handling: (Linux, Darwin, embedded arm, etc.)
	- Multiple toolchains & cross toolchain dependencies
	- Integrates automated testing framework: `ninja check`
	- Introspection: `gn desc`
	- Automatic formatting: `gn format`

	## Checking out the Matter code

	To check out the Matter repository:

	```
	git clone --recurse-submodules git@github.com:project-chip/connectedhomeip.git
	```

	If you already have a checkout, run the following command to sync submodules:

	```
	git submodule update --init
	```

	## Prerequisites

	Before building, you'll need to install a few OS specific dependencies.

	### Installing prerequisites on Linux

	On Debian-based Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, these dependencies can be
	satisfied with the following:

	```
	sudo apt-get install git gcc g++ pkg-config libssl-dev libdbus-1-dev \
	libglib2.0-dev libavahi-client-dev ninja-build python3-venv python3-dev \
	python3-pip unzip libgirepository1.0-dev libcairo2-dev libreadline-dev
	```

	### Installing prerequisites on macOS

	On macOS, first install Xcode from the Mac App Store. The remaining dependencies
	can be installed and satisfied using [Brew](https://brew.sh/):

	```
	brew install openssl pkg-config
	```

	However, that does not expose the package to `pkg-config`. To fix that, one
	needs to run something like the following:

	Intel:

	```
	cd /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
	ln -s ../../Cellar/openssl@1.1/1.1.1g/lib/pkgconfig/* .
	```

	where `openssl@1.1/1.1.1g` may need to be replaced with the actual version of
	OpenSSL installed by Brew.

	Apple Silicon:

	```
	export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:"/opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@3/lib/pkgconfig"
	```

	Note: If using MacPorts, `port install openssl` is sufficient to satisfy this
	dependency.

	### Installing prerequisites on Raspberry Pi 4

	Using `rpi-imager`, install the Ubuntu _22.04_ 64-bit _server_ OS for arm64
	architectures on a micro SD card.

	Boot the SD card, login with the default user account "ubuntu" and password
	"ubuntu", then proceed with
	[Installing prerequisites on Linux](#installing-prerequisites-on-linux).

	Finally, install some Raspberry Pi specific dependencies:

	```
	sudo apt-get install pi-bluetooth avahi-utils
	```

	You need to reboot your RPi after install `pi-bluetooth`.

	By default, wpa_supplicant is not allowed to update (overwrite) configuration,
	if you want the Matter app to be able to store the configuration changes
	permanently, we need to make the following changes.

	1. Edit the dbus-fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.service file to use configuration file
	instead.

	```
	sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/dbus-fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.service
	```

	Change the wpa_supplicant start parameters to:

	```
	ExecStart=/sbin/wpa_supplicant -u -s -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
	```

	2. Add the wpa-supplicant configuration file

	```
	sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
	```

	And add the following content to the file:

	```
	ctrl_interface=DIR=/run/wpa_supplicant
	update_config=1
	```

	Finally, reboot your RPi.

	## Prepare for building

	Before running any other build command, the `scripts/activate.sh` environment
	setup script should be sourced at the top level. This script takes care of
	downloading GN, ninja, and setting up a Python environment with libraries used
	to build and test.

	```
	source scripts/activate.sh
	```

	If this script says the environment is out of date, it can be updated by
	running:

	```
	source scripts/bootstrap.sh
	```

	The `scripts/bootstrap.sh` script re-creates the environment from scratch, which
	is expensive, so avoid running it unless the environment is out of date.

	## Build for the host OS (Linux or macOS)

	This will build all sources, libraries, and tests for the host platform:

	```
	source scripts/activate.sh

	gn gen out/host

	ninja -C out/host
	```

	This generates a configuration suitable for debugging. To configure an optimized
	build, specify `is_debug=false`:

	```
	gn gen out/host --args='is_debug=false'

	ninja -C out/host
	```

	The directory name `out/host` can be any directory, although it's conventional
	to build within the `out` directory. This example uses `host` to emphasize that
	we're building for the host system. Different build directories can be used for
	different configurations, or a single directory can be used and reconfigured as
	necessary via `gn args`.

	To run all tests, run:

	```
	ninja -C out/host check
	```

	To run only the tests in `src/inet/tests`, you can run:

	```
	ninja -C out/host src/inet/tests:tests_run
	```

	Note that the build system caches passing tests, so if you see

	```
	ninja: no work to do
	```

	that means that the tests passed in a previous build.

	## Build custom configuration

	The build is configured by setting build arguments. These are set by passing the
	`--args` option to `gn gen`, by running `gn args` on the output directory, or by
	hand editing `args.gn` in the output directory. To configure a new build or edit
	the arguments to existing build, run:

	```
	source scripts/activate.sh

	gn args out/custom

	ninja -C out/custom
	```

	Two key builtin build arguments are `target_os` and `target_cpu`, which control
	the OS & CPU of the build.

	To see help for all available build arguments:

	```
	gn gen out/custom
	gn args --list out/custom
	```

	## Build examples

	Examples can be built in two ways, as separate projects that add Matter in the
	third_party directory, or in the top level Matter project.

	To build the `chip-shell` example as a separate project:

	```
	cd examples/shell
	gn gen out/debug
	ninja -C out/debug
	```

	To build it at the top level, see below under "Unified Builds".

	## Unified builds

	To build a unified configuration that approximates the set of continuous builds:

	```
	source scripts/activate.sh

	gn gen out/unified --args='is_debug=true target_os="all"'

	ninja -C out/unified all
	```

	This can be used prior to change submission to configure, build, and test the
	gcc, clang, mbedtls, & examples configurations all together in one parallel
	build. Each configuration has a separate subdirectory in the output dir.

	This unified build can be used for day to day development, although it's more
	expensive to build everything for every edit. To save time, you can name the
	configuration to build:

	```
	ninja -C out/unified host_gcc
	ninja -C out/unified check_host_gcc
	```

	Replace `host_gcc` with the name of the configuration, which is found in the
	root `BUILD.gn`.

	You can also fine tune the configurations generated via arguments such as:

	```
	gn gen out/unified --args='is_debug=true target_os="all" enable_host_clang_build=false'
	```

	For a full list, see the root `BUILD.gn`.

	Note that in the unified build, targets have multiple instances and need to be
	disambiguated by adding a `(toolchain)` suffix. Use `gn ls out/debug` to list
	all of the target instances. For example:

	```
	gn desc out/unified '//src/controller(//build/toolchain/host:linux_x64_clang)'
	```

	Note: Some platforms that can be built as part of the unified build require
	downloading additional tools. To add these to the build, the location must be
	provided as a build argument. For example, to add the Simplelink cc13x2_26x2
	examples to the unified build, install
	[SysConfig](https://www.ti.com/tool/SYSCONFIG) and add the following build
	arguments:

	```
	gn gen out/unified --args="target_os=\"all\" enable_ti_simplelink_builds=true ti_sysconfig_root=\"/path/to/sysconfig\""
	```

	## Getting help

	GN has builtin help via

	```
	gn help
	```

	Recommended topics:

	```
	gn help execution
	gn help grammar
	gn help toolchain
	```

	Also see the
	[quick start guide](https://gn.googlesource.com/gn/+/master/docs/quick_start.md).

	## Introspection

	GN has various introspection tools to help examine the build configuration.

	To show all of the targets in an output directory:

	```
	gn ls out/host
	```

	To show all of the files that will be built:

	```
	gn outputs out/host '*'
	```

	To show the GN representation of a configured target:

	```
	gn desc out/host //src/inet --all
	```

	To dump the GN representation of the entire build as JSON:

	```
	gn desc out/host/ '*' --all --format=json
	```

	To show the dependency tree:

	```
	gn desc out/host //:all deps --tree --all
	```

	To find dependency paths:

	```
	gn path out/host //src/transport/tests:tests //src/system
	```

	To list useful information for linking against libCHIP:

	```
	gn desc out/host //src/lib include_dirs
	gn desc out/host //src/lib defines
	gn desc out/host //src/lib outputs

	# everything as JSON
	gn desc out/host //src/lib --format=json
	```

	## Maintaining Matter

	If you make any change to the GN build system, the next build will regenerate
	the ninja files automatically. No need to do anything.