skbuild.platform_specifics package

This package provides get_platform() allowing to get an instance of abstract.CMakePlatform matching the current platform.

This folder contains files the define CMake’s defaults for given platforms. Any of them can be overridden by either command line or by environment variables.

class skbuild.platform_specifics.CMakeGenerator(name: str, env: Mapping[str, str] | None = None, toolset: str | None = None, arch: str | None = None, args: Iterable[str] | None = None)

Bases: object

Represents a CMake generator.

__init__(name: str, env: Mapping[str, str] | None = None, toolset: str | None = None, arch: str | None = None, args: Iterable[str] | None = None) → None

Instantiate a generator object with the given name.

By default, os.environ is associated with the generator. Dictionary passed as env parameter will be merged with os.environ. If an environment variable is set in both os.environ and env, the variable in env is used.

Some CMake generators support a toolset specification to tell the native build system how to choose a compiler. You can also include CMake arguments.

property architecture: str | None

Architecture associated with the CMake generator.

property description: str

Name of CMake generator with properties describing the environment (e.g toolset)

property name: str

Name of CMake generator.

property toolset: str | None

Toolset specification associated with the CMake generator.

skbuild.platform_specifics.get_platform() → CMakePlatform

Return an instance of abstract.CMakePlatform corresponding to the current platform.

Submodules

skbuild.platform_specifics.abstract module

This module defines objects useful to discover which CMake generator is supported on the current platform.

class skbuild.platform_specifics.abstract.CMakeGenerator(name: str, env: Mapping[str, str] | None = None, toolset: str | None = None, arch: str | None = None, args: Iterable[str] | None = None)

Bases: object

Represents a CMake generator.

__init__(name: str, env: Mapping[str, str] | None = None, toolset: str | None = None, arch: str | None = None, args: Iterable[str] | None = None) → None

Instantiate a generator object with the given name.

By default, os.environ is associated with the generator. Dictionary passed as env parameter will be merged with os.environ. If an environment variable is set in both os.environ and env, the variable in env is used.

Some CMake generators support a toolset specification to tell the native build system how to choose a compiler. You can also include CMake arguments.

property architecture: str | None

Architecture associated with the CMake generator.

property description: str

Name of CMake generator with properties describing the environment (e.g toolset)

property name: str

Name of CMake generator.

property toolset: str | None

Toolset specification associated with the CMake generator.

class skbuild.platform_specifics.abstract.CMakePlatform

Bases: object

This class encapsulates the logic allowing to get the identifier of a working CMake generator.

Derived class should at least set default_generators.

static cleanup_test() → None

Delete test project directory.

static compile_test_cmakelist(cmake_exe_path: str, candidate_generators: Iterable[CMakeGenerator], cmake_args: Iterable[str] = ()) → CMakeGenerator | None

Attempt to configure the test project with each CMakeGenerator from candidate_generators.

Only cmake arguments starting with -DCMAKE_ are used to configure the test project.

The function returns the first generator allowing to successfully configure the test project using cmake_exe_path.

property default_generators: list[skbuild.platform_specifics.abstract.CMakeGenerator]

List of generators considered by get_best_generator().

property generator_installation_help: str

Return message guiding the user for installing a valid toolchain.

get_best_generator(generator_name: str | None = None, skip_generator_test: bool = False, languages: Iterable[str] = ('CXX', 'C'), cleanup: bool = True, cmake_executable: str = 'cmake', cmake_args: Iterable[str] = (), architecture: str | None = None) → CMakeGenerator

Loop over generators to find one that works by configuring and compiling a test project.

Parameters:

• generator_name (str | None) – If provided, uses only provided generator, instead of trying default_generators.

• skip_generator_test (bool) – If set to True and if a generator name is specified, the generator test is skipped. If no generator_name is specified and the option is set to True, the first available generator is used.

• languages (tuple) – The languages you’ll need for your project, in terms that CMake recognizes.

• cleanup (bool) – If True, cleans up temporary folder used to test generators. Set to False for debugging to see CMake’s output files.

• cmake_executable (str) – Path to CMake executable used to configure and build the test project used to evaluate if a generator is working.

• cmake_args (tuple) – List of CMake arguments to use when configuring the test project. Only arguments starting with -DCMAKE_ are used.

Returns:

CMake Generator object

Return type:

CMakeGenerator or None

Raises:

skbuild.exceptions.SKBuildGeneratorNotFoundError –

get_generator(generator_name: str) → CMakeGenerator

Loop over generators and return the first that matches the given name.

get_generators(generator_name: str) → list[skbuild.platform_specifics.abstract.CMakeGenerator]

Loop over generators and return all that match the given name.

static write_test_cmakelist(languages: Iterable[str]) → None

Write a minimal CMakeLists.txt useful to check if the requested languages are supported.

skbuild.platform_specifics.bsd module

This module defines object specific to BSD platform.

class skbuild.platform_specifics.bsd.BSDPlatform

Bases: UnixPlatform

BSD implementation of abstract.CMakePlatform.

skbuild.platform_specifics.cygwin module

This module defines object specific to Cygwin platform.

class skbuild.platform_specifics.cygwin.CygwinPlatform

Bases: CMakePlatform

Cygwin implementation of abstract.CMakePlatform.

property generator_installation_help: str

Return message guiding the user for installing a valid toolchain.

skbuild.platform_specifics.linux module

This module defines object specific to Linux platform.

class skbuild.platform_specifics.linux.LinuxPlatform

Bases: UnixPlatform

Linux implementation of abstract.CMakePlatform

static build_essential_install_cmd() → tuple[str, str]

Return a tuple of the form (distribution_name, cmd).

cmd is the command allowing to install the build tools in the current Linux distribution. It set to an empty string if the command is not known.

distribution_name is the name of the current distribution. It is set to an empty string if the distribution could not be determined.

property generator_installation_help: str

Return message guiding the user for installing a valid toolchain.

skbuild.platform_specifics.osx module

This module defines object specific to OSX platform.

class skbuild.platform_specifics.osx.OSXPlatform

Bases: UnixPlatform

OSX implementation of abstract.CMakePlatform.

property generator_installation_help: str

Return message guiding the user for installing a valid toolchain.

skbuild.platform_specifics.aix module

This module defines object specific to AIX platform.

class skbuild.platform_specifics.aix.AIXPlatform

Bases: UnixPlatform

AIX implementation of abstract.CMakePlatform.

property generator_installation_help: str

Return message guiding the user for installing a valid toolchain.

skbuild.platform_specifics.platform_factory module

This modules implements the logic allowing to instantiate the expected abstract.CMakePlatform.

skbuild.platform_specifics.platform_factory.get_platform() → CMakePlatform

Return an instance of abstract.CMakePlatform corresponding to the current platform.

skbuild.platform_specifics.unix module

This module defines object specific to Unix platform.

class skbuild.platform_specifics.unix.UnixPlatform

Bases: CMakePlatform

Unix implementation of abstract.CMakePlatform.

skbuild.platform_specifics.windows module

This module defines object specific to Windows platform.

class skbuild.platform_specifics.windows.CMakeVisualStudioCommandLineGenerator(name: str, year: str, toolset: str | None = None, args: Iterable[str] | None = None)

Bases: CMakeGenerator

Represents a command-line CMake generator initialized with a specific Visual Studio environment.

__init__(name: str, year: str, toolset: str | None = None, args: Iterable[str] | None = None)

Instantiate CMake command-line generator.

The generator name can be values like Ninja, NMake Makefiles or NMake Makefiles JOM.

The year defines the Visual Studio environment associated with the generator. See VS_YEAR_TO_VERSION.

If set, the toolset defines the Visual Studio Toolset to select.

The platform (32-bit or 64-bit or ARM) is automatically selected.

class skbuild.platform_specifics.windows.CMakeVisualStudioIDEGenerator(year: str, toolset: str | None = None)

Bases: CMakeGenerator

Represents a Visual Studio CMake generator.

__init__(year: str, toolset: str | None = None) → None

Instantiate a generator object with its name set to the Visual Studio generator associated with the given year (see VS_YEAR_TO_VERSION), the current platform (32-bit or 64-bit) and the selected toolset (if applicable).

class skbuild.platform_specifics.windows.CachedEnv

Bases: TypedDict

INCLUDE: str

LIB: str

PATH: str

skbuild.platform_specifics.windows.VS_YEAR_TO_VERSION = {'2017': 15, '2019': 16, '2022': 17}

Describes the version of Visual Studio supported by CMakeVisualStudioIDEGenerator and CMakeVisualStudioCommandLineGenerator.

The different version are identified by their year.

class skbuild.platform_specifics.windows.WindowsPlatform

Bases: CMakePlatform

Windows implementation of abstract.CMakePlatform.

property generator_installation_help: str

Return message guiding the user for installing a valid toolchain.

skbuild.platform_specifics.windows.find_visual_studio(vs_version: int) → str

Return Visual Studio installation path associated with vs_version or an empty string if any.

The vs_version corresponds to the Visual Studio version to lookup. See VS_YEAR_TO_VERSION.

Note

• Returns path based on the result of invoking vswhere.exe.