Compiling Pound (incomplete documentation!!)

To use and compile Pound, you will need to dump your own Switch or Switch 2 firmware and place it in the following directory:

/assets/fw/

No firmware or system files are provided with this emulator.

(linux only rn bc lazy)

Linux (Fedora/RHEL/openSUSE)

Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)

Installing dependencies and cloning Pound

Run the following in your terminal:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install -y ninja-build clang lld cmake ccache libx11-dev libxext-dev libxrandr-dev libxcursor-dev libxi-dev libxinerama-dev libwayland-dev libxkbcommon-dev wayland-protocols git

Now run the following:

git clone https://www.github.com/pound-emu/pound.git
cd pound

and then:

cmake -G Ninja -B . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++

Linux (Arch/SteamOS)

Run the following commands in your terminal:

sudo pacman -S ninja clang lld cmake ccache libx11 libxext libxrandr libxcursor libxi libxinerama libxkbcommon wayland-protocols git

Now:

git clone https://www.github.com/pound-emu/pound.git --recursive

then:

cd pound
cmake -G Ninja -B . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++

To initialize the submodules, direct to 3rd_Party and than run git submodule update --init --recursive

cd 3rd_Party
git submodule update --init --recursive
cd ..

lastly (in the pound directory not 3rd_Party) run:

cmake -G Ninja -B . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++

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