[rocm-libraries] ROCm/rocm-libraries#4410 (commit ad49140)

Nemi26 · Nemi Verploegh · assistant-librarian[bot] · commit d2a6547518cd · 2026-02-24T15:28:03.000Z
update READMEs to use ninja instead of make for building (#4410) ## Motivation Ninja is the recommended build tool now ## Technical Details ## Test Plan ## Test Result ## Submission Checklist - [x] Look over the contributing guidelines at https://github.com/ROCm/ROCm/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md#pull-requests. Co-authored-by: Nemi Verploegh <nemi.verploegh@streamhpc.com>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -92,10 +92,11 @@ cd rocm-libraries/projects/rocrand; mkdir build; cd build
 #
 # The python interface do not work with static library.
 #
+# The package and install scripts require Make, but otherwise passing -GNinja is recommended for faster building.
 [CXX=hipcc] cmake -DBUILD_BENCHMARK=ON ../. -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/opt/rocm # or cmake-gui ../.
 
 # Build
-make -j4
+make -j4 # or `ninja`
 
 # Optionally, run tests if they're enabled
 ctest --output-on-failure

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`@@ -92,10 +92,11 @@ cd rocm-libraries/projects/rocrand; mkdir build; cd build`
`92`	`92`	`#`
`93`	`93`	`# The python interface do not work with static library.`
`94`	`94`	`#`
	`95`	`+# The package and install scripts require Make, but otherwise passing -GNinja is recommended for faster building.`
`95`	`96`	`[CXX=hipcc] cmake -DBUILD_BENCHMARK=ON ../. -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/opt/rocm # or cmake-gui ../.`
`96`	`97`
`97`	`98`	`# Build`
`98`		`-make -j4`
	`99`	+make -j4 # or `ninja`
`99`	`100`
`100`	`101`	`# Optionally, run tests if they're enabled`
`101`	`102`	`ctest --output-on-failure`