SCons is an Open Source software construction tool. Think of SCons as an improved, cross-platform substitute for the classic Make utility with integrated functionality similar to autoconf/automake and …

This page contains links to general SCons documentation, and to documentation (man page and User's Guide) for the current stable release of SCons: 4.10.1. Man pages and User's Guides for other …

The scons bundles provide an alternate way to install SCons on your system to use or experiment with it. When the archive is unpacked, it provides a full collection of the SCons code itself.

The scons package is the basic one for installing SCons on your system and using it or experimenting with it. You don't need any other package if you just want to try out SCons.

15.1. Specifying a Variant Directory Tree as Part of an SConscript Call 15.2. Why SCons Duplicates Source Files in a Variant Directory Tree 15.3. Telling SCons to Not Duplicate Source Files in the …

Nov 16, 2025 · % scons scons: Reading SConscript files ... scons: done reading SConscript files. scons: Building targets ... cc -o hello.o -c hello.c scons: done building targets.

This page contains links to general SCons documentation, and to documentation (man page and User's Guide) for the current stable release of SCons: 4.10.1. Man pages and User's Guides for other …

Check your package installation system to see if there is an up-to-date SCons package available. Many people prefer to install distribution-native packages if available, as they provide a central point for …

Preface Thank you for taking the time to read about SCons. SCons is a next-generation software construction tool, or make tool--that is, a software utility for building software (or other files) and …

Nov 16, 2025 · DESCRIPTION SCons is an extensible open source build system that orchestrates the construction of software (and other tangible products such as documentation files) by determining …