ferruccio / cclibs

Python script to build a particular set of C++ libraries on Windows

Don't use this. Use something like vcpkg instead.

cclibs

Python script to build a set of C++ libraries on Windows

This script can build the following libraries for use in Windows C++ programs.

• Boost
• BerkeleyDB
• ICU
• PoDoFo
• OpenSSL
• zlib
• FreeType
• libjpeg
• libpng

It can build any combination of Debug, Release, x86 & x64 configurations.

Requirements

• Visual C++ (tested with VS2010, VS2012 & VS2013)
• .NET Framework 3.5
• Python3 (tested with 3.3)
• Perl (OpenSSL only)
• CMake
• Command line tools
  • svn (PoDoFo only)
  • 7z (7-Zip)
  • sed (GnuWin32, etc.)

Setup

Edit setup.py to control which libraries/configurations are built.

You will need to hunt down and place the following files in the archives directory:

• boost_1_59_0.7z
• db-5.3.21.zip
• ft246.zip
• icu4c-55_1-src.zip
• jpegsr8c.zip
• lpng166.7z
• openssl-1.1.0f-vs2013.7z
• zlib127.zip

You only need to do this for the libraries you actually want to build but keep in mind the following dependencies:

• Boost (requires ICU, zlib)
• PoDoFo (requires FreeType, libjpeg, libpng, OpenSSL, zlib)
• libpng (requires zlib)

Note: PoDoFo is actually fetched directly from its svn repo.

All libraries are built to be statically linked and use the static C/C++ runtime library.

Run build.py and if all goes well, you'll have a set of libraries ready to go. A complete rebuild of every library configuration takes about three hours on my 3Ghz Core i5 box running Windows 7 x64 with 8GB.

If you're wondering why I picked these libraries - it's because I'm actually using them in a project. I am hoping that someday NuGet will make all this nonsense obsolete.