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[Dev docs] Steer people more strongly towards koxtoolchain (#6727)
* Steer people more strongly towards koxtoolchain

And stop mentioning blatantly broken/outdated stuff

* Add macOS to the list

Also, put 'em in hierarchical order, and link to the main build docs for
the native emulator.
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# Building targets
KOReader is available for multiple platforms. Here are instructions to build installable packages for all these platforms.
These instructions are intended for a Linux OS. MacOS and Windows users are suggested to develop in a Linux VM.
## Prerequisites
This instructions asume that you [have a development environment ready to run](Building.md) KOReader. If not then please install common prerequisites first.
### A toolchain for your target.
Each target has its own architecture and you'll need to setup a proper cross-compile toolchain. Your GCC should be at least version 4.9.
#### for Android
A compatible version of the Android NDK and SDK will be downloaded automatically by `./kodev release android` if no NDK or SDK is provided in environment variables. For that purpose you can use:
```
NDK=/ndk/location SDK=/sdk/location ./kodev release android
```
If you want to use your own installed tools please make sure that you have the **NDKr15c** and the SDK for Android 9 (**API level 28**) already installed.
#### for embedded linux devices
Cross compile toolchains are available for Ubuntu users through these commands:
##### Ubuntu Touch
```
sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf
```
**NOTE 1:** The packages `pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf` and `pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi` may
block you from building. Remove them if you get the following ld error
```
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/../../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lglib-2.0
```
##### e-Ink devices (e.g., Kindle, Kobo, Cervantes, reMarkable, PocketBook)
**NOTE:** While, for some targets (specifically, Cervantes, Kindle & Kobo), we make *some* effort to support Linaro/Ubuntu TCs,
they do *not* exactly target the proper devices. While your build *may* go fine, this will *probably* lead to runtime failure.
As time goes by, and/or the more bleeding-edge your distro is, the greater the risk for mismatch gets.
Which means, that, unless you are *very* sure you know what you're doing, you'll want to use the exact same TCs we do, ones that target their respective platforms properly.
We have a distribution-agnostic solution to make that mostly painless: [koxtoolchain](https://github.com/koreader/koxtoolchain)!
This will allow you to build the *exact* same TCs used to build the nightlies, thanks to the magic of [crosstool-ng](https://github.com/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng). These are also included precompiled in the Docker images for the respective targets.
### Additional packages
Some platforms will require additional packages:
#### for Android
Building for Android requires `openjdk-8-jdk` and `p7zip-full`.
For both Ubuntu and Debian, install the packages:
```
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk p7zip-full
```
#### for Debian
Building a debian package requires the `dpkg-deb` tool. It should be already installed if you're on a Debian/Ubuntu based distribution.
#### for Ubuntu Touch
Building for Ubuntu Touch requires the `click` package management tool.
Ubuntu users can install it with:
```
sudo apt-get install click
```
**NOTE**: The Ubuntu Touch build won't start anymore, and none of the currently active developers have any physical devices. Please visit [#4960](https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/4960) if you want to help.
The Ubuntu Touch builds are therefore no longer published under releases on GitHub, but they are still available from [the nightly build server](http://build.koreader.rocks/download/nightly/).
## Building
You can check out our [nightlybuild script][nb-script] to see how to build a package from scratch.
### Android
```
./kodev release android
```
### Android (x86)
```
ANDROID_ARCH=x86 ./kodev release android
```
### Desktop Linux
#### Emulator
See [Building](https://github.com/koreader/koreader/blob/master/doc/Building.md).
#### AppImage (x86_64)
```
./kodev release appimage
```
#### Debian (x86_64)
```
./kodev release debian
```
#### Debian (armel)
```
./kodev release debian-armel
```
#### Debian (armhf)
```
./kodev release debian-armhf
```
### Desktop macOS
```
./kodev release macos
```
### e-Ink devices
#### Cervantes
```
./kodev release cervantes
```
#### Kindle
```
./kodev release kindle
```
#### Kobo
```
./kodev release kobo
```
#### Pocketbook
```
./kodev release pocketbook
```
#### reMarkable
```
./kodev release remarkable
```
### Embedded Linux devices
#### Ubuntu Touch
```
./kodev release ubuntu-touch
```
## Porting to a new target.
See [Porting.md](Porting.md)
[nb-script]:https://gitlab.com/koreader/nightly-builds/blob/master/build_release.sh