Build shvulkan

Table of Contents

• Clone and Build
• CMake targets and variables
• Embed shvulkan with your C/C++ projects

Clone and Build

Open the terminal and run the following commands:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/mrsinho/shvulkan.git
cd shvulkan
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DSH_VULKAN_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON ..
cmake --build .

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CMake targets and variables

CMake Target	Type	Configure Flags
shvulkan	library	/
shvulkan-docs	Doxygen outputs	/
shvulkan-clear-color	executable	SH_VULKAN_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON
shvulkan-scene	executable	SH_VULKAN_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON
shvulkan-compute-example	executable	SH_VULKAN_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON

If the cmake option SH_VULKAN_BUILD_EXAMPLES is enabled, the additional glfw target will be generated as a static library.

CMake Variable	About
SH_VULKAN_VERSION	Version of the shvulkan library
SH_VULKAN_ROOT_DIR	Absolute path to the root of the repository directory
SH_VULKAN_BINARIES_DIR	Absolute path to the output binaries directory

Embed shvulkan with your C/C++ projects

To link to the shvulkan library with CMake:

if (NOT TARGET shvulkan)
 
set(SH_VULKAN_ROOT_DIR     path/to/shvulkan/root/directory)
set(SH_VULKAN_BINARIES_DIR path/your/binaries/directory)
 
include(${SH_VULKAN_ROOT_DIR}/shvulkan/shvulkan.cmake)
build_shvulkan()
 
endif()
 
# [...]
 
target_link_libraries(app PUBLIC shvulkan)

Then, include the shVulkan.h header file:

#include <shvulkan/shVulkan.h">