Yes, although the documentation seems bare-bones, the code looks clean.

The xmake package repository files might be useful also for people interested in making their own package manager, or even installing by hand.

Here is the package information for autoconf, for instance:

https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake-repo/blob/master/packages/...

It has download links, checksums for specific versions, and the Lua syntax seems easy to parse.

The package for NanoVG however, does not indicate anywhere that you need the GLEW and GLFW libraries:

https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake-repo/blob/master/packages/...

Xmake is also based on tbox as a c base library.

I’m trying to compile from source, and since that needs xmake I’m now trying to build it.

Following the instructions, after `make build` I get “No rule to make target 'lua/lapi.c', needed by 'lua/lapi.o'. Stop.”.

I’m now reading more, and it will probably be some easy thing.

My advice would be to have some compact list of steps to get it up and running from source without having to install binaries. I think that would make it easier to try out.

I’ll now continue trying to figure out what’s missing.

we need pull all submodules, you can see https://xmake.io/#/guide/installation?id=installation

    git submodule update --init

Or you can download full source code from releases. https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/releases/download/v2.6.5/x...

> Or you can download full source code from releases. https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/releases/download/v2.6.5/x...

Yes, that’s what I did. :-)

    wget https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/archive/refs/tags/v2.6.5.tar.gz 
    tar xf v2.6.5.tar.gz
    cd xmake-2.6.5/
    make build

no, it should be `v2.6.5/xmake-v2.6.5.tar.gz` instead of `tags/v2.6.5.tar.gz`

    https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/releases/download/v2.6.5/xmake-v2.6.5.tar.gz

Ah, I see. That might be Github’s problem, but the link I used is the one at the bottom of the list labeled “Source code”: https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/releases/tag/v2.6.5

I see that one you mention in the middle of the list, with the name “xmake-v2.6.5.tar.gz”.

Please note that this is not a criticism, I’m just telling what can happen when someone tries to compile it.

Edit: trying this now:

    wget https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/releases/download/v2.6.5/xmake-v2.6.5.tar.gz
    tar xf xmake-v2.6.5.tar.gz 
    cd xmake
    make build

I get “make: ** No rule to make target 'build'. Stop.”, because there is no `makefile` or `Makefile` in there.

Edit 2: I see, the issue is that it does not create a directory `xmake-v2.6.5`, but instead extracts its contents in the current directory, as a “tar bomb”. This works:

    mkdir xmake-v2.6.5
    cd xmake-v2.6.5
    wget https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/releases/download/v2.6.5/xmake-v2.6.5.tar.gz
    tar xf xmake-v2.6.5.tar.gz 
    make build

Github’s auto-generated source tars don’t include submodules.

https://github.com/dear-github/dear-github/issues/214

try

    wget https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/releases/download/v2.6.5/xmake-v2.6.5.tar.gz
    tar xf xmake-v2.6.5.tar.gz 
    make build

we need not run `cd xmake`