CI: Build ABACUS with Ninja generator

Author: Growl1234

.github/workflows/ase_plugin_test.yml

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install external tools from toolchain
         run: |
-          apt update && apt install -y xz-utils
+          apt update && apt install -y xz-utils ninja-build
           cd toolchain
           ./install_abacus_toolchain_new.sh --with-dftd4=install --dry-run -j8
           ./scripts/stage4/install_stage4.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
           export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${PEXSI32_ROOT}:${SUPERLU_DIST32_ROOT}:${PARMETIS32_ROOT}:${METIS32_ROOT}:${GKLIB_ROOT}:${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}
           source toolchain/install/setup
           rm -rf build
-          cmake -B build
+          cmake -B build -G Ninja
           cmake --build build -j2
       
       - name: Install and Soft Link ABACUS

.github/workflows/build_test_cmake.yml

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install external tools from toolchain
         run: |
-          apt update && apt install -y gfortran xz-utils
+          apt update && apt install -y gfortran ninja-build xz-utils
           cd toolchain
           ./install_abacus_toolchain_new.sh --with-dftd4=install --dry-run ${{matrix.external_toolchain_args}}
           ./scripts/stage4/install_stage4.sh
@@ -76,5 +76,5 @@ jobs:
           export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${PEXSI32_ROOT}:${SUPERLU_DIST32_ROOT}:${PARMETIS32_ROOT}:${METIS32_ROOT}:${GKLIB_ROOT}:${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}
           source toolchain/install/setup
           rm -rf build
-          cmake -B build ${{ matrix.build_args }}
-          cmake --build build -j2
+          cmake -B build -G Ninja ${{ matrix.build_args }}
+          cmake --build build -j $(nproc)

.github/workflows/coverage.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install Perl Dependencies and Coverage Tools
       run: |
-        apt update && apt install -y curl jq ca-certificates python3-pip xz-utils
+        apt update && apt install -y curl jq ca-certificates python3-pip xz-utils ninja-build
         apt install -y lcov perl-modules
         apt install -y libcapture-tiny-perl libdatetime-perl libjson-perl libperlio-gzip-perl
         lcov --version
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
         mkdir -p build
         chmod -R 755 build/
 
-        cmake -B build \
+        cmake -B build -G Ninja \
           -DENABLE_COVERAGE=ON \
           -DBUILD_TESTING=ON \
           -DENABLE_MLALGO=ON \

.github/workflows/cuda.yml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Ccache
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y ccache xz-utils
+          sudo apt-get install -y ccache xz-utils ninja-build
 
       - name: Install external tools from toolchain
         run: |
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           nvidia-smi
           source toolchain/install/setup
           rm -rf build
-          cmake -B build -DUSE_CUDA=ON -DBUILD_TESTING=ON
+          cmake -B build -G Ninja -DUSE_CUDA=ON -DBUILD_TESTING=ON
           cmake --build build -j4
           cmake --install build
 

.github/workflows/dynamic.yml

@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Install external tools from toolchain
         run: |
-          apt update && apt install -y xz-utils
+          apt update && apt install -y xz-utils ninja-build
           cd toolchain
           ./install_abacus_toolchain_new.sh --with-dftd4=install --dry-run -j8
           ./scripts/stage4/install_stage4.sh
           cd ..
       - name: Building
         run: |
           source toolchain/install/setup
-          cmake -B build -DENABLE_ASAN=1 -DENABLE_MLALGO=1 -DENABLE_LIBXC=1
+          cmake -B build -G Ninja -DENABLE_ASAN=1 -DENABLE_MLALGO=1 -DENABLE_LIBXC=1
           cmake --build build -j8
           cmake --install build
       - name: Testing

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -36,7 +36,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install CI tools
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y gfortran ccache ca-certificates python-is-python3 python3-pip
+          sudo apt-get install -y \
+            gfortran \
+            ccache \
+            ca-certificates \
+            python-is-python3 \
+            python3-pip \
+            ninja-build \
+            xz-utils
           sudo pip install clang-format clang-tidy
 
       - name: Install external tools from toolchain
@@ -49,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Configure
         run: |
           source toolchain/install/setup
-          cmake -B build \
+          cmake -B build -G Ninja \
             -DBUILD_TESTING=ON \
             -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON \
             -DENABLE_MLALGO=ON \