Clarify docs on self-installing builds
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Fabian Boehm 2024-12-07 13:13:18 +01:00
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# and then, wherever you use it, run
/path/to/fish --install # or --install=noconfirm for non-interactive use
This will extract all the data files to ~/.local/share/fish/install/. To uninstall, remove the fish binaries and that directory.
This will extract all the data files to (currently) ~/.local/share/fish/install/. To uninstall, remove the fish binaries and that directory.
This configuration is experimental.
It does not affect the main configuration, which is a regular install via ``cmake``.

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The install directory can be changed using the
``-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX`` parameter for ``cmake``.
Building fish as self-installable
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CMake Build options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In addition to the normal CMake build options (like ``CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX``), fish's CMake build has some other options available to customize it.
- BUILD_DOCS=ON|OFF - whether to build the documentation. This is automatically set to OFF when Sphinx isn't installed.
- INSTALL_DOCS=ON|OFF - whether to install the docs. This is automatically set to on when BUILD_DOCS is or prebuilt documentation is available (like when building in-tree from a tarball).
- FISH_USE_SYSTEM_PCRE2=ON|OFF - whether to use an installed pcre2. This is normally autodetected.
- MAC_CODESIGN_ID=String|OFF - the codesign ID to use on Mac, or "OFF" to disable codesigning.
- WITH_GETTEXT=ON|OFF - whether to build with gettext support for translations.
- extra_functionsdir, extra_completionsdir and extra_confdir - to compile in an additional directory to be searched for functions, completions and configuration snippets
Building fish as self-installable (experimental)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can also build fish as a self-installing binary.
This will include all the datafiles like the included functions or web configuration tool in the main ``fish`` binary,
and you can unpack them to ~/.local/share/fish/install/ by running ``fish --install`` (or ``fish --install=noconfirm`` to skip the confirmation).
and you can unpack them to ~/.local/share/fish/install/ (currently, subject to change) by running ``fish --install`` (or ``fish --install=noconfirm`` to skip the confirmation).
You will have to use ``--install`` once per user and you will have to run it again when you upgrade fish. It will tell you to.
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You can also link it statically (but not against glibc) and move it to other computers.
Build options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In addition to the normal CMake build options (like ``CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX``), fish's CMake build has some other options available to customize it.
- BUILD_DOCS=ON|OFF - whether to build the documentation. This is automatically set to OFF when Sphinx isn't installed.
- INSTALL_DOCS=ON|OFF - whether to install the docs. This is automatically set to on when BUILD_DOCS is or prebuilt documentation is available (like when building in-tree from a tarball).
- FISH_USE_SYSTEM_PCRE2=ON|OFF - whether to use an installed pcre2. This is normally autodetected.
- MAC_CODESIGN_ID=String|OFF - the codesign ID to use on Mac, or "OFF" to disable codesigning.
- WITH_GETTEXT=ON|OFF - whether to build with gettext support for translations.
- extra_functionsdir, extra_completionsdir and extra_confdir - to compile in an additional directory to be searched for functions, completions and configuration snippets
Contributing Changes to the Code
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