build.md

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description	'source build' command reference

source build command

<script setup lang="ts"> import {data as docs} from "../cli.data.js"; const commandDoc = docs.source.build; </script>

::: info If the build fails on macOS with the error "/usr/bin/cc" is not able to compile a simple test program, try running xcode-select --install to install the Xcode command line tools. :::

::: details Programmatically calling the source build command in your code To programmatically call this command in your code, call the BuildLlamaCppCommand function:

import {BuildLlamaCppCommand} from "node-llama-cpp/commands";
await BuildLlamaCppCommand({});

Note: The node-llama-cpp/commands import is subject to change and is unsupported inside Electron

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Usage

To set custom cmake options that are supported by llama.cpp's cmake build, set an environment variable of the option prefixed with NODE_LLAMA_CPP_CMAKE_OPTION_.