Component Directory/Disc

Theis repository contains instruction for creating a so-called component directory/disc that includes pre-build 3:rd party libraries and utilities. The target is C++ libraries for Windows 10/11 using MinGW or Microsoft C++

Building a component disc take som time and require some planning. The repository consist mainly of batch files which called with the following input arguments.

$> build_XXXX SourceDir DestDir BuildDir Tool

• SourceDir. Full path to the source files or the repository.
• DestDir. Full path to the destination directory where the build results are placed.
• BuildDir. Root directory where the temporary files are stored.
• Tool. Keyword that defines the toolset to use. Choose between gcc (MinGW) and msvc (Visual C 2022).

Example: $> build_wxwidgets E:\wxWidgets K:\wxwidgets\master O:\build msvc

Note: The windows batch files doesn't handle UNC path (//server/dir) nor forward slashes.

Build Machine Requirements

The following software should be installed on a Windows machine.

• MinGW (MSYS2) or MS Visual Studio 2022.
• OpenSSL3 x64 including pre-built libraries.
• CMAKE.
• GIT.

Note: WinFlexBison and Doxygen is not a requirement for the component disc but you need it later on.

Building Boost

Boost doesn't use cmake for its build. Instead, it uses BJAM or something.

1. Download and unzip a library from the "boost.org" page.
2. Start the build and take a brake. It takes some time.

Building Expat

Expat uses cmake but later on the FindPackage() won't find its library. So remove the extra "MD" from the library names.

1. Clone the "libexpat/libexpat" GitHub repository.
2. Do the build and rename the *MD libraries (msvc only).

Building Google Test

Google test uses cmake.

1. Clone the "google/googletest" GitHub repository.
2. Do the build.

Building WxWidgets

WxWidgets uses cmake.

1. Clone the "wxWidgets/wxWidgets" GitHub repository.
2. Start the build and take a brake.

Build Zlib

Zlib uses cmake.

1. Clone the "madler/zlib" GitHub repository.
2. Do the build.

Build Sqlite

Sqlite doesn't support any build so I have made a CMakeList.txt file in the sqlite sub-directory.

1. Download the source files from the "sqlite.org" page, unzip and copy over the CMakeList.txt to the source directory.
2. Do the build.

Build Protobuf

Protobuf uses cmake.

1. Clone the "protocolbuffers/protobuf" GitHub repository.
2. Start the build and take a coffee brake.

Build the Paho MQTT C Interface

The Paho MQTT C interface uses cmake.

1. Clone the "eclipse/paho.mqtt.c" GitHub repository.
2. Do the build.