Compile.conf

Compile.conf is the file where you can configure the various paths and URLs used by Compile.

It is stored at /Programs/Compile/Settings/Compile/Compile.conf – which, once installed, has a link at /System/Settings/Compile/Compile.conf (if you’re used to the GoboLinux tree, you should know by now that this is the same as /etc/Compile/Compile.conf).

These are the usual contents of the file:

Your name here so that credit is added to recipes.

compileRecipeAuthor="Paul McCartney"
# example only! change the name (unless of course, you're Paul ;) )

The standard locations for your local Compile files.

compileArchivesDir="$compileDir/Archives"
compileSourcesDir="$compileDir/Sources"
compileRecipeDirs="$compileDir/Recipes"

Some of the main free software repositories are treated especially: recipes use these variables in their url declarations, so that you can pick your favorite mirror without having to edit recipes one by one:

ftpGnu=ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/
ftpAlphaGnu=ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/
httpSourceforge=http://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/

The Compile recipe tree is managed by Git. The git repository and the upstream branch are both configurable through the following variables:

compileRecipesRepository=https://github.com/gobolinux/Recipes.git
compileUpstreamBranch=master

A variable to set the make command called by Compile. ColorMake provides the highlighting that GoboLinux has by default:

compileMakeCommand="ColorMake"

Options to use with the make command. This can be used to run multiple threads in parallel on different CPUs or for other customisation:

compileMakeOptions="-j2"