mozc/docs/build_mozc_in_docker.md

How to build Mozc in Docker

Summary

If you are not sure what the following commands do, please check the descriptions below and make sure the operations before running them.

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/mozc/master/docker/ubuntu20.04/Dockerfile
docker build --rm -tag mozc_ubuntu20.04 .
docker create --interactive --tty --name mozc_build mozc_ubuntu20.04

docker start mozc_build
docker exec mozc_build bazel build package --config oss_linux -c opt
docker cp mozc_build:/home/mozc_builder/work/mozc/src/bazel-bin/unix/mozc.zip .

Introduction

Docker containers are available to build Mozc binaries for Android JNI library and Linux desktop.

System Requirements

Currently, only Ubuntu 20.04 is tested to host the Docker container to build Mozc.

• Dockerfile for Ubuntu 20.04

Build in Docker

Set up Ubuntu 20.04 Docker container

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/mozc/master/docker/ubuntu20.04/Dockerfile
docker build --rm -tag mozc_ubuntu20.04 .
docker create --interactive --tty --name mozc_build mozc_ubuntu20.04

You may need to execute docker with sudo (e.g. sudo docker build ...).

Notes

• mozc_ubuntu20.04 is a Docker image name (customizable).
• mozc_build is a Docker container name (customizable).
• Don't forget to rebuild Docker container when Dockerfile is updated.

Build Mozc in Docker container

docker start mozc_build
docker exec mozc_build bazel build package --config oss_linux -c opt
docker cp mozc_build:/home/mozc_builder/work/mozc/src/bazel-bin/unix/mozc.zip .

mozc.zip contains built files.

Notes

• You might want to execute docker stop after build.
• mozc_build is the Docker container name created in the above section.

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Build Mozc for Linux Desktop

bazel build package --config oss_linux -c opt

Note: You might want to execute docker start --interactive mozc_build to enter the docker container before the above command.

package builds Mozc binaries and locates them into mozc.zip as follows.

build rule	install path
//server:mozc_server	/usr/lib/mozc/mozc_server
//gui/tool:mozc_tool	/usr/lib/mozc/mozc_tool
//renderer:mozc_renderer	/usr/lib/mozc/mozc_renderer
//unix/ibus/ibus_mozc	/usr/lib/ibus-mozc/ibus-engine-mozc
//unix/ibus:gen_mozc_xml	/usr/share/ibus/component/mozc.xml
//unix:icons	/usr/share/ibus-mozc/...
//unix:icons	/usr/share/icons/mozc/...
//unix/emacs:mozc.el	/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/emacs-mozc/mozc.el
//unix/emacs:mozc_emacs_helper	/usr/bin/mozc_emacs_helper

Install paths are configurable by modifying src/config.bzl.

Unittests

bazel test ... --config oss_linux -c dbg -- -third_party/...

• ... means all targets under the current and subdirectories.
• -- means the end of the flags which start from -.
• -<dir>/... means exclusion of all targets under the dir.
  • third_party are not supported yet.

Here is a sample command to run a specific test.

bazel test base:util_test --config oss_linux -c dbg

• util_test is defined in base/BUILD.bazel.

The --test_arg=--logtostderr --test_output=all flags shows the output of unitests to stderr.

bazel test base:util_test --config oss_linux --test_arg=--logtostderr --test_output=all

Build Mozc on other Linux environment

Note: This section is not about our officially supported build process.

Software requirements

• Python: 3.7 or later
• Ibus: 1.5.4 or later
• Qt5: 5.12 or later
• libglib
• libxcb

You may also need other libraries. See the configurations of Dockerfile and GitHub Actions.

Build configurations

To build Mozc on other Linux environment rather than the supported Docker environment, you might need to modify the following files.

• src/config.bzl - configuration of install paths, etc.
• src/.bazelrc - compiler flags, etc.
• src/WORKSPACE.bazel - build dependencies.

Tips: the following command makes the specified file untracked by Git.

git update-index --assume-unchanged src/config.bzl

This command reverts the above change.

git update-index --no-assume-unchanged src/config.bzl

Build Mozc library for Android:

Client code for Android apk is deprecated. (the last revision with Android client code is afb03dd).

The conversion engine for Android is built with Bazel.

bazel build package --config oss_android

package is an alias to build android/jni:mozc_lib.

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Build Mozc for Linux Desktop with GYP (maintenance mode):

⚠️ The GYP build will stop supporting the IBus build.

• https://github.com/google/mozc/issues/567

⚠️ The GYP build no longer support the GTK candidate window build.

• https://github.com/google/mozc/issues/567

To keep using the GYP build without GTK candidate window at this moment, please add the --use_gyp_for_ibus_build and --no_gtk_build flags to build_mozc.py.

python3 build_mozc.py gyp
python3 build_mozc.py build -c Release package --use_gyp_for_ibus_build --no_gtk_build

package is an alias to build:

• //server:mozc_server
• //gui/tool:mozc_tool
• //unix/ibus:ibus_mozc

You can also run unittests as follows.

python3 build_mozc.py runtests -c Debug

Differences between Bazel build and GYP build

GYP build is under maintenance mode. New features might be supported by Bazel only, and some features might be dropped as a trade-off to accept PRs.

Targets only for Bazel:

• AUX dictionary (//data/dictionary_oss:aux_dictionary)
• Filtered dictionary (//data/dictionary_oss:filtered_dictionary)
• SVS character input instead of CJK compatibility ideographs (//rewriter:single_kanji_rewriter)
• Zip code conversion (//server:mozc_server)
• Qt-based candidate window (//renderer:mozc_renderer)
• Build rules for icons (//unix/icons)

GYP Build configurations

For the build configurations, please check the previous version. https://github.com/google/mozc/blob/2.28.4880.102/docs/build_mozc_in_docker.md#gyp-build-configurations