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