[CMake] Managing a local installation of cmake-built open source packages

[ardi]

Thanks a lot, Guillaume, I didn't know about these tools, it's the first
time I hear of hunter and conan.

Thinking twice, I think that what I need is something similar to BSD ports,
or MacPorts, but with the difference that I don't want to patch anything,
just install and build the source as is, and in a multi build environment.

It seems that both hunter and conan seem to be similar to BSD ports in
nature, so I'll look at them.

If anybody has further suggestions, please don't hesitate to tell.

Thanks!


On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 9:11 PM, Guillaume Dumont <
dumont.guillaume at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> You can have a look at:
>
> Hunter: https://github.com/ruslo/hunter
> Conan: https://conan.io/
>
> HTH
>
> Guillaume
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 1:47 PM, Konstantin Podsvirov
> <konstantin at podsvirov.pro <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>
>> 18.01.2017, 21:32, "ardi" <ardillasdelmonte at gmail.com <javascript:;>>:
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 7:19 PM, Konstantin Podsvirov
>> <konstantin at podsvirov.pro <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>
>>  Hello Ardi!
>>
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>
>>
>>  Sounds like, you need cross-platform (several desktops) package manager
>>  compatible with cmake.
>>
>>  If all desktops with GUI, what about using CPack IFW generator?
>>
>>  https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/CPackIFW.html
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the idea, Konstantin. Yes, all the OSs I use have a GUI,
>> although I don't use Qt. If the best solution is IFW, I'd use Qt only
>> for this. BTW, I'm new to IFW, and if I'm reading it correctly, cpack
>> generates an installer, which I guess is an executable... but... can
>> the installer also be used for uninstalling? Will an installer of a
>> new version of a package uninstall an older version if it exists?
>>
>> CPack IFW generator help you to create installer (yes, it's executable
>> based on Qt,
>> but static linked) thats you need run on target platform (you don't have
>> preinstalled Qt).
>>
>> CPack IFW generator can also help you to create packages repository to
use
>> from installers
>> (local or from network).
>>
>> Installer will remove old package before update him to new version.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Konstantin Podsvirov
>>
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