Marco Build System

Cross-platform build scripts for Marco markdown editor.

Directory Structure

build/
├── installer/           # All installer packages output here (unified directory)
├── linux/              # Linux build scripts
│   └── build_deb.sh   # Main build script for Debian packages
├── windows/            # Windows build scripts
│   ├── build.ps1      # Binary build script
│   ├── build_portable.ps1  # Portable package builder (recommended)
│   └── package.ps1    # Full installer builder (advanced)
└── version.json        # Version tracking (linux/windows sections)

Platform-Specific Builds

Linux (webkit6)

# Build Debian package (includes compilation with explicit target)
bash build/linux/build_deb.sh --no-bump

# Output: build/installer/marco-suite_VERSION_linux_amd64.deb

Windows (wry/WebView2)

# Build and package (PowerShell - recommended)
.\build\windows\build_portable.ps1

# Skip build (use existing binaries)
.\build\windows\build_portable.ps1 -SkipBuild

# Output: build/installer/marco-suite_VERSION_windows_amd64.zip

Release Artifacts

• Artifacts follow versioned release naming.

Build Targets

Platform	Target Triple	Binary Location	Installer Output
Linux	x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu	target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/marco	build/installer/*.deb
Windows	x86_64-pc-windows-msvc	target/windows/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc/release/marco.exe	build/installer/*.zip

Architecture

Marco Core (Pure Rust)
        ↓
Platform Abstraction Layer
        ↓
   ┌────────┴────────┐
   ↓                 ↓
webkit6          wry/WebView2
(Linux)           (Windows)

Dependencies

Linux

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install libgtk-4-dev libgtksourceview-5-dev libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev

# Fedora
sudo dnf install gtk4-devel gtksourceview5-devel webkit2gtk4.1-devel

# Arch
sudo pacman -S gtk4 gtksourceview5 webkit2gtk-4.1

Windows

• MSYS2 with MinGW-w64
• GTK4 via pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gtk4
• WebView2 runtime (included in Windows 10/11)

Version Management

Version tracking: build/version.json

# Bump patch version and build
bash build/linux/build_deb.sh

# Bump minor version
bash build/linux/build_deb.sh --bump minor

# Set specific version
bash build/linux/build_deb.sh --set 1.0.0