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- Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
- Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
- http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/
-
- C++ Installation - Unix
- =======================
-
- To build and install the C++ Protocol Buffer runtime and the Protocol
- Buffer compiler (protoc) execute the following:
-
- $ ./configure
- $ make
- $ make check
- $ make install
-
- If "make check" fails, you can still install, but it is likely that
- some features of this library will not work correctly on your system.
- Proceed at your own risk.
-
- "make install" may require superuser privileges.
-
- For advanced usage information on configure and make, see INSTALL.txt.
-
- ** Hint on install location **
-
- By default, the package will be installed to /usr/local. However,
- on many platforms, /usr/local/lib is not part of LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
- You can add it, but it may be easier to just install to /usr
- instead. To do this, invoke configure as follows:
-
- ./configure --prefix=/usr
-
- If you already built the package with a different prefix, make sure
- to run "make clean" before building again.
-
- ** Note for Solaris users **
-
- Solaris 10 x86 has a bug that will make linking fail, complaining
- about libstdc++.la being invalid. We have included a work-around
- in this package. To use the work-around, run configure as follows:
-
- ./configure LDFLAGS=-L$PWD/src/solaris
-
- See src/solaris/libstdc++.la for more info on this bug.
-
- ** Note for HP C++ Tru64 users **
-
- To compile invoke configure as follows:
-
- ./configure CXXFLAGS="-O -std ansi -ieee -D__USE_STD_IOSTREAM"
-
- Also, you will need to use gmake instead of make.
-
- C++ Installation - Windows
- ==========================
-
- If you are using Micosoft Visual C++, see vsprojects/readme.txt.
-
- If you are using Cygwin or MinGW, follow the Unix installation
- instructions, above.
-
- Binary Compatibility Warning
- ============================
-
- Due to the nature of C++, it is unlikely that any two versions of the
- Protocol Buffers C++ runtime libraries will have compatible ABIs.
- That is, if you linked an executable against an older version of
- libprotobuf, it is unlikely to work with a newer version without
- re-compiling. This problem, when it occurs, will normally be detected
- immediately on startup of your app. Still, you may want to consider
- using static linkage. You can configure this package to install
- static libraries only using:
-
- ./configure --disable-shared
-
- Java and Python Installation
- ============================
-
- The Java and Python runtime libraries for Protocol Buffers are located
- in the java and python directories. See the README file in each
- directory for more information on how to compile and install them.
- Note that both of them require you to first install the Protocol
- Buffer compiler (protoc), which is part of the C++ package.
-
- Usage
- =====
-
- The complete documentation for Protocol Buffers is available via the
- web at:
-
- http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/
-