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JuliaBinaryWrappers

Welcome to the JuliaBinaryWrappers GitHub organization! This organization hosts auto-generated Julia packages that provide pre-compiled binary dependencies for the Julia ecosystem.

These packages, known as JLL (Julia Language Linking) packages, allow Julia users to seamlessly utilize external C/C++/Fortran libraries (e.g., FFTW_jll, OpenBLAS_jll, Python_jll) on a variety of platforms without needing to compile them from source.

How It Works

The entire process is automated:

1. Build Recipes: The build recipes are all stored in Yggdrasil.
2. BinaryBuilder.jl: BinaryBuilder provides the toolchains to compile these recipes in a consistent, reproducible environment.
3. JLL Package Generation: The output of a successful build is an auto-generated JLL package (e.g., FFTW_jll.jl) which is hosted here within the JuliaBinaryWrappers organization.
4. Distribution: The resulting tarballs are uploaded to GitHub releases and linked via an Artifacts.toml file in the Julia Registry.

Usage

Most users will never need to interact with this organization directly. JLL packages are typically used as dependencies by higher-level Julia packages.

If you are a package developer wanting to add a binary dependency to your Julia package, refer to the official BinaryBuilder.jl documentation for details on how to integrate JLL packages.

Contributing and Getting Help

These repositories are largely auto-generated.

• Bug Reports: If you encounter an issue with a specific JLL package (e.g., a binary fails to load on your system), please report it to the Yggdrasil bug tracker by opening an issue there.
• Build Scripts: Contributions (e.g., updating a library version, fixing a build issue for a specific platform) are welcome via Pull Requests to the Yggdrasil repository.
• General Documentation: For more details about JLL packages and how to use them, see the BinaryBuilder.jl documentation.

License

Each repository within this organization contains a LICENSE file. Note that the license for the JLL wrapper package may differ from the license of the underlying binary library it wraps. The licenses for the wrapped libraries are included within the distributed tarballs.