CMake configuration flags

Details about installation process are on our wiki.

Here you can find complete list of Xournal++ CMake flags (sorted by categories). Advanced settings are marked with [A].

DEBUG – debugging switches (shouldn't be enabled for normal usage), all [A] and disabled by default

Variable name	Description
DEBUG_INPUT	Input debugging, e.g. eraser events etc
DEBUG_RECOGNIZER	Shape recognizer debug: output score etc
DEBUG_SCHEDULER	Scheduler debug: show jobs etc
DEBUG_SHOW_ELEMENT_BOUNDS	Draw a surrounding border to all elements
DEBUG_SHOW_PAINT_BOUNDS	Draw a border around all painted rects
DEBUG_SHOW_REPAINT_BOUNDS	Draw a border around all repaint rects

DEV – development options, which in most cases should be leaved as they are

Variable name	Default	Description
DEV_CALL_LOG	OFF	Call log (can take loooot of disk space and IO!)
DEV_CHECK_GTK3_COMPAT [A]	OFF	Adds a few compiler flags to check basic GTK3 upgradeability support (still compiles for GTK2!)
DEV_ENABLE_GCOV [A]	OFF	Build with gcov support
DEV_METADATA_FILE [A]	metadata.ini	Metadata file name
DEV_METADATA_MAX_ITEMS [A]	50	Maximal amount of metadata elements
DEV_PRINT_CONFIG_FILE [A]	print-config.ini	Print config file name
DEV_SETTINGS_XML_FILE [A]	settings.xml	Settings file name
DEV_TOOLBAR_CONFIG [A]	toolbar.ini	Toolbar config file name
DEV_ERRORLOG_DIR [A]	errorlogs	Directory where errorlogfiles will be placed

EXT – add dependency basing on precompiled deb packages (UNIX only)

Variable name	Default	Description
EXT_GLIBMM	OFF	Glibmm and Gtkmm binaries

ENABLE – basic stable features support

Variable name	Default	Description
ENABLE_GTEST	OFF	Download and build GoogleTest (if not previously done) and build tests instead of xournalpp application

PATH – here you can specify alternative location of these binaries (there are no defaults)

Variable name	Description
PATH_AR	ar is needed to unpack debs (if any of EXT packages are added)
PATH_GIT	git is needed to include info about issue tracker and other git-repo-realted info
PATH_TAR	tar is needed to unpack debs (if any of EXT packages are added)
PATH_WGET	wget is needed to download debs (if any of EXT packages are added)