Building rippled

Complete guide to building rippled on Windows with debug toolkit protection.

Prerequisites

• Visual Studio 2022 Build Tools (or full VS2022)
• .NET 9.0 SDK (for the Build Governor)
• Python 3.x with Conan 2.x (pip install conan)
• CMake 3.25+ (comes with Conan or install separately)
• Ninja (comes with Conan or install separately)

Option 1: One-command build (recommended)

The toolkit includes a PowerShell script that handles everything:

cd F:\rippled

# Copy the build script from the toolkit
copy F:\AI\rippled-windows-debug\scripts\build-rippled.ps1 .

# Run the full build with governor protection
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File build-rippled.ps1 -Parallel 8

This automatically:

• Sets up the VS2022 environment
• Adds Python Scripts to PATH (for Conan)
• Configures Build Governor wrappers
• Runs Conan install
• Configures CMake with Ninja
• Builds with governor protection

Option 2: Manual build steps

REM 1. Set up build protection
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File scripts\setup-governor.ps1

REM 2. Set up VS2022 environment
call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"

REM 3. Install dependencies
conan install . --output-folder=build --build=missing

REM 4. Configure with debug info in release
cmake -G Ninja -B build ^
    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo ^
    -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=build/generators/conan_toolchain.cmake ^
    -Dxrpld=ON

REM 5. Build (governor protects automatically)
cmake --build build --parallel 16

PDB files for release builds

For symbol resolution in release builds, add to CMakeLists.txt:

if(MSVC)
    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} /Zi")
    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} /DEBUG /OPT:REF /OPT:ICF")
endif()