From 1acbbce033ef7c8ea813e44e9ddec2d8aa631ac5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bliblank <pmcgeee03@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:31:25 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] build scripts checkpoint

---
 CMakeLists.txt                   | 12 --------
 README.md                        | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 scripts/build.ps1                | 53 ++++++++++++--------------------
 scripts/install_dependencies.ps1 | 14 +++++++--
 4 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index de6e8cc..b80acd5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -111,18 +111,6 @@ if (WIN32)
             RtMidi::RtMidi
     )
 
-    add_custom_command(TARGET metabolus POST_BUILD
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
-        "C:/rtaudio/bin/rtaudio.dll"
-        $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:metabolus>
-    )
-
-    add_custom_command(TARGET metabolus POST_BUILD
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
-        "C:/rtmidi/bin/rtmidi.dll"
-        $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:metabolus>
-    )
-
 else() 
     target_include_directories(metabolus PRIVATE ${RTAUDIO_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${RTMIDI_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     target_link_libraries(metabolus PRIVATE Qt6::Widgets ${RTAUDIO_LIBRARIES} ${RTMIDI_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5afeade..31b3bf7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,11 +37,45 @@ This synthesizer isn't very good, but it's neat :3
 - [ ] Noise 
 - [ ] LFO modulation
 
-## setup
-TODO: instructions on build setup
-TODO: add dependencies into lib
-TODO: autobuild libs in build scripts
-Package Dependencies: Qt 6, RtAudio, RtMidi
+## Build Instructions
 
-$ ./scripts/build.sh
-PS ./scripts/build.bat
+Prerequisites:
+CMake: https://cmake.org/download/
+Ninja: https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases
+
+Windows: MSVC
+Linux: GCC
+
+Clone repository
+```PowerShell
+git clone https://github.com/Blitblank/metabalus.git --recursive
+```
+or if you forgot to --recursive:
+```PowerShell
+git clone https://github.com/Blitblank/metabalus.git
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+```
+Build. The script will build and install dependencies automatically
+
+On Windows (MSVC):
+```PowerShell
+.\scripts\build.ps1
+```
+
+On Linux (GCC):
+```Bash
+./scripts/build.sh
+```
+
+Configure the CMake/build script if you have issues
+
+To clean:
+```
+.\scripts\clean.ps1
+./scripts/clean.sh
+```
+Note: dependencies are built into build/lib, so don't delete that unless you want to rebuild qt which takes forever :)
+Use the install_dependencies script to manually install dependencies.
+
+Build troubleshooting:
+On windows, `bcdedit /set IncreaseUserVa 3072` solved cc1plus.exe: out of memory errors while building qt for me
diff --git a/scripts/build.ps1 b/scripts/build.ps1
index a5ef320..a424e49 100644
--- a/scripts/build.ps1
+++ b/scripts/build.ps1
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 
+$PROJECT_ROOT = $PWD
+
 # config
 
-$BUILD_DIR = "build"
+$BUILD_DIR = "$PWD/build"
 $CONFIG = "Release"
 
 # change these to the build libs
-$QT_ROOT = "C:\Qt\6.10.1\msvc2022_64"
-$RTAUDIO_ROOT = "C:\rtaudio"
-$RTMIDI_ROOT = "C:\rtmidi"
+$QT_ROOT = "$BUILD_DIR\lib\qt\install"
+$RTAUDIO_ROOT = "$BUILD_DIR\lib\rtaudio"
+$RTMIDI_ROOT = "$BUILD_DIR\lib\rtmidi"
 
 # setup
 
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ if (-not (Test-Path -Path $BUILD_DIR)) {
 
 # detect dependencies
 
-$libraries = @("qt", "rtaudio", "rtmidi", "yaml-cpp")
+$libraries = @("qt", "rtaudio", "rtmidi")
 $dependencies_found = 0
 foreach ($lib in $libraries) {
     if (Test-Path -Path ".\build\lib\$lib") {
@@ -34,44 +36,27 @@ foreach ($lib in $libraries) {
 
 if (-not ($dependencies_found -eq $libraries.Count)) {
     & "scripts\install_dependencies.ps1"
+} else {
+    Write-Host "All dependencies detected, skipping depency install step..."
 }
 
 # configure
-
-<#
-cmake -S . -B $BUILD_DIR ^
-    -G Ninja ^
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$CONFIG ^
-    -DRTAUDIO_ROOT=$RTAUDIO_ROOT ^
-    -DRTMIDI_ROOT=$RTMIDI_ROOT 
-
-
-if errorlevel 1 goto error
+Write-Host "Configuring metabolus..."
+cmake -S . -B $BUILD_DIR -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$CONFIG -DQt6_ROOT="$QT_ROOT\lib\cmake\Qt6" -DRTAUDIO_ROOT=$RTAUDIO_ROOT -DRTMIDI_ROOT=$RTMIDI_ROOT 
 
 # build
+Write-Host "Building metabolus..."
 cmake --build $BUILD_DIR
 
-if errorlevel 1 goto error
-
 # link dlls
+Write-Host "Deploying metabolus..."
+cd $BUILD_DIR
 
-cd %BUILD_DIR%
+& "$QT_ROOT\bin\windeployqt.exe" metabolus.exe
 
-windeployqt metabolus.exe
+Copy-Item -Path "$RTAUDIO_ROOT\bin\rtaudio.dll" -Destination .
+Copy-Item -Path "$RTMIDI_ROOT\bin\rtmidi.dll" -Destination .
 
-copy "%RTAUDIO_ROOT%\bin\rtaudio.dll" .
-copy "%RTMIDI_ROOT%\bin\rtmidi.dll" .
 
-echo.
-echo Build successful
-goto end
-
-:error
-echo.
-echo Build failed
-exit /b 1
-
-:end
-endlocal
-pause
-#>
\ No newline at end of file
+# TODO: allow input of an external qt install because this one is huge 
+# TODO: remove unnecessary qt modules bc why is this install like 80 gb
diff --git a/scripts/install_dependencies.ps1 b/scripts/install_dependencies.ps1
index 776edd7..d502a52 100644
--- a/scripts/install_dependencies.ps1
+++ b/scripts/install_dependencies.ps1
@@ -2,12 +2,20 @@
 echo "Installing dependencies ... "
 
 $project_root = $PWD
+
+if (-not (Test-Path -Path "$PWD\build\lib")) {
+    mkdir "$PWD\build\lib"
+}
+
 $build_lib_dir = "$PWD\build\lib"
 
-
 # qt
-mkdir "$build_lib_dir\qt"
-cd $project_root\lib\qtbase
+mkdir "$build_lib_dir\qt" -Force
+#cd $project_root\lib\qt5
+cd $build_lib_dir\qt
+& "$project_root\lib\qt5\configure.bat" -prefix .\install -submodules qttools,qtbase -widgets
+cmake --build . --parallel
+cmake --install .
 
 
 # rtaudio