lldb/docs/resources/build.md

# Building

## Getting the Sources

Please refer to the [LLVM Getting Started Guide](https://llvm.org/docs/GettingStarted.html#getting-started-with-llvm) for
general instructions on how to check out the LLVM monorepo, which contains the
LLDB sources.

Git browser: <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/tree/main/lldb>

## Preliminaries

LLDB relies on many of the technologies developed by the larger LLVM project.
In particular, it requires both Clang and LLVM itself in order to build. Due to
this tight integration the Getting Started guides for both of these projects
come as prerequisite reading:

- [LLVM](https://llvm.org/docs/GettingStarted.html)
- [Clang](http://clang.llvm.org/get_started.html)

The following requirements are shared on all platforms.

- [CMake](https://cmake.org)
- [Ninja](https://ninja-build.org) (strongly recommended)

If you want to run the test suite, you'll need to build LLDB with Python
scripting support.

- [Python](http://www.python.org/) 3.8 or later (3.11 or later on Windows).
- [SWIG](http://swig.org/) 4 or later.

If you are on FreeBSD or NetBSD, you will need to install `gmake` for building
the test programs. On other platforms `make` is used.

(optional-dependencies)=

### Optional Dependencies

Although the following dependencies are optional, they have a big impact on
LLDB's functionality. It is strongly encouraged to build LLDB with these
dependencies enabled.

By default they are auto-detected: if CMake can find the dependency it will be
used. It is possible to override this behavior by setting the corresponding
CMake flag to `On` or `Off` to force the dependency to be enabled or
disabled. When a dependency is set to `On` and can't be found it will cause a
CMake configuration error.

| Feature  | Description                                                | CMake Flag            |
| -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------- |
| Editline | Generic line editing, history, Emacs and Vi bindings       | `LLDB_ENABLE_LIBEDIT` |
| Curses   | Text user interface                                        | `LLDB_ENABLE_CURSES`  |
| Libxml2  | XML                                                        | `LLDB_ENABLE_LIBXML2` |
| Python   | Python scripting. 3.8 or later (3.11 or later on Windows). | `LLDB_ENABLE_PYTHON`  |
| Lua      | Lua scripting. Lua 5.3 and 5.4 are supported.              | `LLDB_ENABLE_LUA`     |
| SWIG     | Required for Python or LUA support. Version 4 or later.    | N/A                   |

Depending on your platform and package manager, one might run any of the
commands below.

```
$ yum install libedit-devel libxml2-devel ncurses-devel python-devel swig
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential swig python3-dev libedit-dev libncurses5-dev libxml2-dev
$ pkg install swig python libxml2
$ pkgin install swig python38 cmake ninja-build
$ brew install swig cmake ninja
```

:::{note}
Installing multiple versions of Curses, particularly when only one is built with
wide character support, can cause lldb to be linked with an incorrect set of
libraries. If your system already has Curses, we recommend you use that version.
If you do install another one, use a tool like `ldd` to ensure only one version
of Curses is being used in the final `lldb` executable.
:::

### Windows

The steps outlined here describe how to set up your system and install the
required dependencies for building and testing LLDB on Windows. They only need
to be performed once.

#### Build Requirements

Please follow the steps below if you only want to **build** lldb.

1. Install [Visual Studio](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com) with the
   "Desktop Development with C++" workload. Make sure that the latest Windows
   SDK and the Active Template Library (ATL) are installed.

2. Install [Git Bash](https://git-scm.com/install/windows) and add
   `<Git install dir>\usr\bin` to your `PATH`. Verify that utilities like
   `dirname` are available from your terminal.

3. Install [make](https://sourceforge.net/projects/ezwinports/files/) and
   verify that it's in your `PATH`.

4. Install [Python 3.11](https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/) or later.
   Either using the "Windows Installer" or "Python Install Manager". Make sure
   `python` is added to your `PATH`.

   :::{note}
   Building LLDB in debug mode requires a debug version of Python (because
   all parts of a debug build must use the debug C runtime).

   If you use the "Windows installer", **include the debug libraries** during
   the install.

   The "Python Install Manager" has no way to install debug libraries, so you
   must [build](https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/setup-building/)
   a debug version of Python yourself.
   :::

5. Install [SWIG for Windows](http://www.swig.org/download.html). Make sure
   `swig` is added to your `PATH` and that `swig -swiglib` points to the
   correct directory.

6. Register the Debug Interface Access DLLs with the Registry from a privileged
   terminal.

```
> regsvr32 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\DIA SDK\bin\msdia140.dll"
> regsvr32 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\DIA SDK\bin\amd64\msdia140.dll"
```

Any command prompt from which you build LLDB should have a valid Visual Studio
environment setup. This means you should open an appropriate [Developer Command
Prompt for VS](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/reference/command-prompt-powershell?view=vs-2019)
corresponding to the version you wish to use or run `vcvarsall.bat` or
`VsDevCmd.bat`.

#### Test Requirements

Please follow the steps above and below if you want to **test** {any}`lldb`.

- Install [Python Tools for Visual Studio](https://github.com/Microsoft/PTVS/),
  an indispensable debugging extension to Visual Studio which enables full
  editing and debugging support for Python (including mixed native/managed
  debugging).

### macOS

- To use the in-tree debug server on macOS, lldb needs to be code signed. For
  more information see {ref}`CodeSigning` below.
- If you are building both Clang and LLDB together, be sure to also check out
  libc++, which is a required for testing on macOS.

## Building LLDB with CMake

The LLVM project is migrating to a single monolithic repository for LLVM and
its subprojects. This is the recommended way to build LLDB. Check out the
source-tree with git:

```
$ git clone https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git
```

CMake is a cross-platform build-generator tool. CMake does not build the
project, it generates the files needed by your build tool. The recommended
build tool for LLVM is Ninja, but other generators like Xcode or Visual Studio
may be used as well. Please also read [Building LLVM with CMake](https://llvm.org/docs/CMake.html).

### Regular in-tree builds

Create a new directory for your build-tree. From there run CMake and point it
to the `llvm` directory in the source-tree:

```
$ cmake -G Ninja -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang;lldb" [<cmake options>] path/to/llvm-project/llvm
```

We used the `LLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS` option here to tell the build-system which
subprojects to build in addition to LLVM (for more options see
{ref}`CommonCMakeOptions` and {ref}`CMakeCaches`). Parts of the LLDB test suite
require `lld`. Add it to the list in order to run all tests. Once CMake is done,
run ninja to perform the actual build.

```
$ ninja lldb lldb-server
```

If you only want lldb, or are on a platform where lldb-server is not supported,
you can pass just `lldb`. Ninja will only build what is necessary to run the
lldb driver:

```
$ ninja lldb
```

### Standalone builds

This is another way to build LLDB. We can use the same source-tree as we
checked out above, but now we will have multiple build-trees:

- the main build-tree for LLDB in `/path/to/lldb-build`
- one or more provided build-trees for LLVM and Clang; for simplicity we use a
  single one in `/path/to/llvm-build`

Run CMake with `-B` pointing to a new directory for the provided
build-tree and the positional argument pointing to the `llvm`
directory in the source-tree.{sup}`1` Note that we leave out LLDB here and only include
Clang. Then we build the `ALL` target:

```
$ cmake -B /path/to/llvm-build -G Ninja \
        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=[<build type>] \
        -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS=clang \
        [<more cmake options>] /path/to/llvm-project/llvm
$ cmake --build /path/to/llvm-build
```

Now run CMake a second time with `-B` pointing to a new directory for the
main build-tree and the positional argument pointing to the `lldb` directory
in the source-tree. In order to find the provided build-tree, the build system
looks for the path to its CMake modules in `LLVM_DIR`. If you use a separate
build directory for Clang, remember to pass its module path via `Clang_DIR`
(CMake variables are case-sensitive!):

```
$ cmake -B /path/to/lldb-build -G Ninja \
        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=[<build type>] \
        -DLLVM_DIR=/path/to/llvm-build/lib/cmake/llvm \
        [<more cmake options>] /path/to/llvm-project/lldb
$ cmake --build /path/to/lldb-build -t lldb lldb-server
```

If you do not require or cannot build `lldb-server` on your platform, simply
remove it from the Ninja command.

:::{note}
1. If you want to have a standalone LLDB build with tests enabled, you also
   need to pass in `-DLLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIME='libcxx;libcxxabi;libunwind'` to your CMake invocation when configuring your LLVM standalone build.
:::

(commoncmakeoptions)=

### Common CMake options

Following is a description of some of the most important CMake variables which
you are likely to encounter. A variable FOO is set by adding `-DFOO=value` to
the CMake command line.

If you want to debug the lldb that you're building -- that is, build it with
debug info enabled -- pass two additional arguments to cmake before running
ninja:

```
$ cmake -G Ninja \
    -DLLDB_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS=1 \
    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
    <path to root of llvm source tree>
```

If you want to run the test suite, you will need a compiler to build the test
programs. If you have Clang checked out, that will be used by default.
Alternatively, you can specify a C and C++ compiler to be used by the test
suite.

```
$ cmake -G Ninja \
    -DLLDB_TEST_COMPILER=<path to C compiler> \
    <path to root of llvm source tree>
```

:::{note}
`LLDB_TEST_COMPILER` points to a single compiler. It is expected that this is
the C compiler and that the C++ compiler's name can be inferred from the name
of the C compiler.
:::

It is strongly recommend to use a release build for the compiler to speed up
test execution.

#### Script Interpreter Plugins

LLDB's script interpreter plugins (for Python and  Lua) can be built as static
or dynamic libraries. This is controlled by
`LLDB_ENABLE_DYNAMIC_SCRIPTINTERPRETERS`, which defaults to `ON` on masOS and
FreeBSD, and `OFF` everywhere else.

`LLDB_ENABLE_PYTHON_LIMITED_API` makes LLDB use the Python
[Limited API](https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/stable.html). It defaults to `ON`
when using SWIG 4.2 or later.

When both of these options are enabled, LLDB can use, and be used from, a
different version of Python (3.8 or later) than it was built against. Note that
on Windows, `LLDB_ENABLE_DYNAMIC_SCRIPTINTERPRETERS` is not required.

#### Windows

On Windows the LLDB test suite requires lld. Either add `lld` to
`LLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS` or disable the test suite with
`LLDB_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF`.

Although the following CMake variables are by no means Windows specific, they
are commonly used on Windows.

- `LLDB_TEST_DEBUG_TEST_CRASHES` (Default=0): If set to 1, will cause Windows
  to generate a crash dialog whenever lldb.exe or the python extension module
  crashes while running the test suite. If set to 0, LLDB will silently crash.
  Setting to 1 allows a developer to attach a JIT debugger at the time of a
  crash, rather than having to reproduce a failure or use a crash dump.
- `PYTHON_HOME` (Required): Path to the folder where the Python distribution
  is installed. For example, `C:\Python35`.
- `LLDB_EMBED_PYTHON_HOME` (Default=1 on Windows): When this is 1, LLDB will bind
  statically to the location specified in the `PYTHON_HOME` CMake variable,
  ignoring any value of `PYTHONHOME` set in the environment. This is most
  useful for developers who simply want to run LLDB after they build it. If you
  wish to move a build of LLDB to a different machine where Python will be in a
  different location, setting `LLDB_EMBED_PYTHON_HOME` to 0 will cause
  Python to use its default mechanism for finding the python installation at
  runtime (looking for installed Pythons, or using the `PYTHONHOME`
  environment variable if it is specified).

Sample command line:

```
$ cmake -G Ninja^
    -DLLDB_TEST_DEBUG_TEST_CRASHES=1^
    -DPYTHON_HOME=C:\Python35^
    -DLLDB_TEST_COMPILER=d:\src\llvmbuild\ninja_release\bin\clang.exe^
    <path to root of llvm source tree>
```

Building with ninja is both faster and simpler than building with Visual Studio,
but chances are you still want to debug LLDB with an IDE. One solution is to run
cmake twice and generate the output into two different folders. One for
compiling (the ninja folder), and one for editing, browsing and debugging.

Follow the previous instructions in one directory, and generate a Visual Studio
project in another directory.

```
$ cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64 -T host=x64 <cmake variables> <path to root of llvm source tree>
```

Then you can open the .sln file in Visual Studio, set lldb as the startup
project, and use F5 to run it. You need only edit the project settings to set
the executable and the working directory to point to binaries inside of the
ninja tree.

#### macOS

On macOS the LLDB test suite requires libc++. Either add
`LLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES="libcxx;libcxxabi;libunwind"` or disable the test suite with
`LLDB_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF`. Further useful options:

- `LLDB_BUILD_FRAMEWORK:BOOL`: Builds the LLDB.framework.
- `LLDB_CODESIGN_IDENTITY:STRING`: Set the identity to use for code-signing
  all executables. If not explicitly specified, only `debugserver` will be
  code-signed with identity `lldb_codesign` (see {ref}`CodeSigning`).
- `LLDB_USE_SYSTEM_DEBUGSERVER:BOOL`: Use the system's debugserver, so lldb is
  functional without setting up code-signing.
- `LLDB_ENFORCE_STRICT_TEST_REQUIREMENTS:BOOL`: Detect missing packages or modules at configuration time.

(cmakecaches)=

### CMake caches

CMake caches allow to store common sets of configuration options in the form of
CMake scripts and can be useful to reproduce builds for particular use-cases
(see by analogy [usage in LLVM and Clang](https://llvm.org/docs/AdvancedBuilds.html)).
A cache is passed to CMake with the `-C` flag, following the absolute path to
the file on disk. Subsequent `-D` options are still allowed. Please find the
currently available caches in the [lldb/cmake/caches/](https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/tree/main/lldb/cmake/caches)
directory.

#### Common configurations on macOS

Build, test and install a distribution of LLDB from the [monorepo](https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project) (see also [Building a Distribution of
LLVM](https://llvm.org/docs/BuildingADistribution.html)):

```
$ git clone https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project

$ cmake -B /path/to/lldb-build -G Ninja \
        -C /path/to/llvm-project/lldb/cmake/caches/Apple-lldb-macOS.cmake \
        -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang;lldb" \
        -DLLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES="libcxx;libcxxabi;libunwind" \
        llvm-project/llvm

$ DESTDIR=/path/to/lldb-install ninja -C /path/to/lldb-build check-lldb install-distribution
```

(cmakegeneratedxcodeproject)=

Build LLDB standalone for development with Xcode:

```
$ git clone https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project

$ cmake -B /path/to/llvm-build -G Ninja \
        -C /path/to/llvm-project/lldb/cmake/caches/Apple-lldb-base.cmake \
        -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang" \
        -DLLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES="libcxx;libcxxabi;libunwind" \
        llvm-project/llvm
$ ninja -C /path/to/llvm-build

$ cmake -B /path/to/lldb-build \
        -C /path/to/llvm-project/lldb/cmake/caches/Apple-lldb-Xcode.cmake \
        -DLLVM_DIR=/path/to/llvm-build/lib/cmake/llvm \
        llvm-project/lldb
$ open lldb.xcodeproj
$ cmake --build /path/to/lldb-build --target check-lldb
```

:::{note}
The `-B` argument was undocumented for a while and is only officially
supported since [CMake version 3.14](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.14/release/3.14.html#command-line)
:::

## Building the Documentation

If you wish to build the optional (reference) documentation, additional
dependencies are required:

- Sphinx (for the website and the Python API reference)
- Graphviz (for the 'dot' tool)
- doxygen (if you wish to build the C++ API reference)
- SWIG (for generating Python bindings)

To install the system prerequisites for building the documentation (on Debian/Ubuntu)
do:

```
$ sudo apt-get install doxygen graphviz swig
```

To install Sphinx and its dependencies, use the `requirements.txt` available within LLVM
to ensure you get a working configuration:

```
$ pip3 install -r /path/to/llvm-project/llvm/docs/requirements.txt
```

To build the documentation, configure with `LLVM_ENABLE_SPHINX=ON` and build the desired target(s).

```
$ ninja docs-lldb-html
$ ninja docs-lldb-man
$ ninja lldb-cpp-doc
```

## Cross-compiling LLDB

The advice presented here may not be complete or represent the best practices
of CMake at this time. Please refer to [CMake's documentation](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cmake-toolchains.7.html)
if you have any doubts or want more in depth information.

In order to debug remote targets running different architectures than your
host, you will need to compile LLDB (or at least the server component
`lldb-server`) for the target. While the easiest solution is to compile it
locally on the target, this is often not feasible, and in these cases you will
need to cross-compile LLDB on your host.

Cross-compilation is often a daunting task and has a lot of quirks which depend
on the exact host and target architectures, so it is not possible to give a
universal guide which will work on all platforms. However, here we try to
provide an overview of the cross-compilation process along with the main things
you should look out for.

First, you will need a working toolchain which is capable of producing binaries
for the target architecture. Since you already have a checkout of clang and
lldb, you can compile a host version of clang in a separate folder and use
that. Alternatively you can use system clang or even cross-gcc if your
distribution provides such packages (e.g., `g++-aarch64-linux-gnu` on
Ubuntu).

Next, you will need a copy of the required target headers and libraries on your
host. The libraries can be usually obtained by copying from the target machine,
however the headers are often not found there, especially in case of embedded
platforms. In this case, you will need to obtain them from another source,
either a cross-package if one is available, or cross-compiling the respective
library from source. Fortunately the list of LLDB dependencies is not big and
if you are only interested in the server component, you can reduce this even
further by passing the appropriate cmake options, such as:

```
-DLLDB_ENABLE_PYTHON=0
-DLLDB_ENABLE_LIBEDIT=0
-DLLDB_ENABLE_CURSES=0
```

(see {ref}`optional-dependencies` for more)

In this case you, will often not need anything other than the standard C and
C++ libraries.

If you find that CMake is finding a version of an optional dependency that
for whatever reason doesn't work, consider simply disabling it if you don't
know that you need it.

Once all of the dependencies are in place, you need to configure the build
system with the locations and arguments of all the necessary tools.

There are 2 ways to do this depending on your starting point and requirements.

1\. If you are starting from scratch and only need the resulting cross compiled
binaries, you can have LLVM build the native tools for you.

2\. If you need a host build too, or already have one, you can tell CMake where
that is and it will use those native tools instead.

If you are going to run `lldb` and `lldb-server` only on the target machine,
choose option 1. If you are going to run `lldb` on the host machine and
connect to `lldb-server` on the target, choose option 2.

Either way, the most important cmake options when cross-compiling are:

- `CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME` and `CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR`: This tells CMake what
  the build target is and from this it will infer that you are cross compiling.
- `CMAKE_C_COMPILER`, `CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER` : C and C++ compilers for the
  target architecture.
- `CMAKE_C_FLAGS`, `CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS` : The flags for the C and C++ target
  compilers. You may need to specify the exact target cpu and ABI besides the
  include paths for the target headers.
- `CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS` : The flags to be passed to the linker. Usually
  this is a list of library search paths referencing the target libraries.
- `LLVM_HOST_TRIPLE` : The triple of the system that lldb (or lldb-server)
  will run on. Not setting this (or setting it incorrectly) can cause a lot of
  issues with remote debugging as a lot of the choices lldb makes depend on the
  triple reported by the remote platform.
- `LLVM_NATIVE_TOOL_DIR` (only when using an existing host build): Is a
  path to the llvm tools compiled for the host. Any tool that must be run on the
  host during a cross build will be configured from this path, so you do not
  need to set them all individually. If you are doing a host build only for the
  purpose of a cross build, you will need it to include at least
  `llvm-tblgen`, `clang-tblgen` and `lldb-tblgen`. Be aware that
  the list may grow over time.
- `CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE` : Affects the cmake search path when looking
  for libraries. You may need to set this to your architecture triple if you do
  not specify all your include and library paths explicitly.

To find the possible values of the `CMAKE_*` options, please refer to the
CMake documentation.

You can of course also specify the usual cmake options like
`CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE`, etc.

For testing, you may want to set one of:

- `LLDB_TEST_COMPILER` : The compiler used to build programs used
  in the test suite. If you are also building clang, this will be used
  but if you want to test remotely from the host, you should choose the
  cross compiler you are using for the cross build.
- `LLDB_INCLUDE_TESTS=0` : To disable the tests completely.

### Example 1: Cross-compiling for linux arm64 on Ubuntu host

Ubuntu already provides the packages necessary to cross-compile LLDB for arm64.
It is sufficient to install packages `gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu`,
`g++-aarch64-linux-gnu`, `binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu`.

Configure as follows:

```
cmake <path-to-monorepo>/llvm-project/llvm -G Ninja \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
  -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang;lld;lldb" \
  -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Linux \
  -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR=AArch64 \
  -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc \
  -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=aarch64-linux-gnu-g++ \
  -DLLVM_HOST_TRIPLE=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu \
  -DLLDB_ENABLE_PYTHON=0 \
  -DLLDB_ENABLE_LIBEDIT=0 \
  -DLLDB_ENABLE_CURSES=0
```

During this build native tools will be built automatically when they are needed.
The contents of `<build dir>/bin` will be target binaries as you'd expect.
AArch64 binaries in this case.

### Example 2: Cross-compiling for linux arm64 on Ubuntu host using an existing host build

This build requires an existing host build that includes the required native
tools. Install the compiler as in example 1 then run CMake as follows:

```
cmake <path-to-monorepo>/llvm-project/llvm -G Ninja \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
  -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang;lld;lldb" \
  -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Linux \
  -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR=AArch64 \
  -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc \
  -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=aarch64-linux-gnu-g++ \
  -DLLVM_HOST_TRIPLE=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu \
  -DLLVM_NATIVE_TOOL_DIR=<path-to-host>/bin/ \
  -DLLDB_ENABLE_PYTHON=0 \
  -DLLDB_ENABLE_LIBEDIT=0 \
  -DLLDB_ENABLE_CURSES=0
```

The only difference from example 1 is the addition of
`DLLVM_NATIVE_TOOL_DIR` pointing to your existing host build.

An alternative (and recommended) way to compile LLDB is with clang.
Unfortunately, clang is not able to find all the include paths necessary for a
successful cross-compile, so we need to help it with a couple of CFLAGS
options. In my case it was sufficient to add the following arguments to
`CMAKE_C_FLAGS` and `CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS` (in addition to changing
`CMAKE_C(XX)_COMPILER` to point to clang compilers):

```
-target aarch64-linux-gnu \
-I /usr/aarch64-linux-gnu/include/c++/4.8.2/aarch64-linux-gnu \
-I /usr/aarch64-linux-gnu/include
```

If you wanted to build a full version of LLDB and avoid passing
`-DLLDB_ENABLE_PYTHON=0` and other options, you would need to obtain the
target versions of the respective libraries. The easiest way to achieve this is
to use the qemu-debootstrap utility, which can prepare a system image using
qemu and chroot to simulate the target environment. Then you can install the
necessary packages in this environment (python-dev, libedit-dev, etc.) and
point your compiler to use them using the correct -I and -L arguments.

### Example 3: Cross-compiling for Android on Linux

In the case of Android, the toolchain and all required headers and libraries
are available in the Android NDK.

The NDK also contains a cmake toolchain file, which makes configuring the build
much simpler. The compiler, include and library paths will be configured by the
toolchain file and all you need to do is to select the architecture
(ANDROID_ABI) and platform level (`ANDROID_PLATFORM`, should be at least 21).
You will also need to set `ANDROID_ALLOW_UNDEFINED_SYMBOLS=On`, as the
toolchain file defaults to "no undefined symbols in shared libraries", which is
not compatible with some llvm libraries. The first version of NDK which
supports this approach is r14.

For example, the following arguments are sufficient to configure an android
arm64 build:

```
-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$ANDROID_NDK_HOME/build/cmake/android.toolchain.cmake \
-DANDROID_ABI=arm64-v8a \
-DANDROID_PLATFORM=android-21 \
-DANDROID_ALLOW_UNDEFINED_SYMBOLS=On \
-DLLVM_HOST_TRIPLE=aarch64-unknown-linux-android \
-DCROSS_TOOLCHAIN_FLAGS_NATIVE='-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=cc;-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=c++'
```

Note that currently only lldb-server is functional on android. The lldb client
is not supported and unlikely to work.

### Example 4: Cross-compiling for FreeBSD arm64 on FreeBSD host using distset

Start by identifying the FreeBSD version you want to target — in this case,
FreeBSD 15.0.

Download and decompress the FreeBSD 15.0 distset:

```
fetch https://download.freebsd.org/releases/arm64/15.0-RELEASE/base.txz
sudo mkdir -p /path/to/sysroot/arm64
sudo tar -xJf base.txz -C /path/to/sysroot/arm64
```

Then configure with CMake as follows:

```
cmake <path-to-monorepo>/llvm-project/llvm -G Ninja \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
  -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang;lldb" \
  -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=FreeBSD \
  -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR=AArch64 \
  -DCMAKE_ASM_FLAGS_INIT="-target aarch64-unknown-freebsd15.0 --sysroot /path/to/sysroot/arm64" \
  -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_INIT="-target aarch64-unknown-freebsd15.0 --sysroot /path/to/sysroot/arm64" \
  -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_INIT="-target aarch64-unknown-freebsd15.0 --sysroot /path/to/sysroot/arm64" \
  -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH="/path/to/sysroot/arm64" \
  -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM=NEVER \
  -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY=ONLY \
  -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE=ONLY \
  -DLLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE=aarch64-unknown-freebsd15.0 \
  -DLLVM_HOST_TRIPLE=aarch64-unknown-freebsd15.0 \
  -DLLVM_TARGET_ARCH=AArch64
```

## Verifying Python Support

LLDB has a Python scripting capability and supplies its own Python module named
lldb. If a script is run inside the command line lldb application, the Python
module is made available automatically. However, if a script is to be run by a
Python interpreter outside the command line application, the `PYTHONPATH`
environment variable can be used to let the Python interpreter find the lldb
module.

The correct path can be obtained by invoking the command line lldb tool with
the -P flag:

```
$ export PYTHONPATH=`$llvm/build/Debug+Asserts/bin/lldb -P`
```

If you used a different build directory or made a release build, you may need
to adjust the above to suit your needs. To test that the lldb Python module is
built correctly and is available to the default Python interpreter, run:

```
$ python -c 'import lldb'
```

Make sure you're using the Python interpreter that matches the Python library
you linked against. For more details please refer to the {ref}`caveats
<python_caveat>`.

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## Code Signing on macOS

To use the in-tree debug server on macOS, lldb needs to be code signed. The
Debug, DebugClang and Release builds are set to code sign using a code signing
certificate named `lldb_codesign`.

Automatic setup, run:

- `scripts/macos-setup-codesign.sh`

Note that it's possible to build and use lldb on macOS without setting up code
signing by using the system's debug server. To configure lldb in this way with
cmake, specify `-DLLDB_USE_SYSTEM_DEBUGSERVER=ON`.

If you have re-installed a new OS, please delete all old `lldb_codesign` items
from your keychain. There will be a code signing certification and a public
and private key. Reboot after deleting them. You will also need to delete and
build folders that contained old signed items. The darwin kernel will cache
code signing using the executable's file system node, so you will need to
delete the file so the kernel clears its cache.

When you build your LLDB for the first time, the Xcode GUI will prompt you for
permission to use the `lldb_codesign` keychain. Be sure to click "Always
Allow" on your first build. From here on out, the `lldb_codesign` will be
trusted and you can build from the command line without having to authorize.
Also the first time you debug using a LLDB that was built with this code
signing certificate, you will need to authenticate once.