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Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
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Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/
C++ Installation - Unix
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If you get the source from github, you need to generate the configure script
first:
$ ./autogen.sh
$ ./autogen.sh
This will download gtest source (which is used for C++ Protocol Buffer
unit-tests) to the current directory and run automake, autoconf, etc.
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To build and install the C++ Protocol Buffer runtime and the Protocol
Buffer compiler (protoc) execute the following:
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make check
$ make install
$ ./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.
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Also, you will need to use gmake instead of make.
C++ Installation - Windows
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If you are using Microsoft Visual C++, see vsprojects/readme.txt.
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instructions, above.
Binary Compatibility Warning
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Due to the nature of C++, it is unlikely that any two versions of the
Protocol Buffers C++ runtime libraries will have compatible ABIs.
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using static linkage. You can configure this package to install
static libraries only using:
./configure --disable-shared
./configure --disable-shared
Java and Python Installation
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The Java and Python runtime libraries for Protocol Buffers are located
in the java and python directories. See the README file in each
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Buffer compiler (protoc), which is part of the C++ package.
Usage
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The complete documentation for Protocol Buffers is available via the
web at:
https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/
https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/