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Chapter 2. General Libraries

websocketpp-0.8.2

Introduction to websocketpp

The websocketpp package provides a websocket client/server library.

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websocketpp Dependencies

Required

CMake

Recommended

asio-1-34-2 and boost

Installation of websocketpp

First apply fixes to allow building with boost-1.87 and later: 

patch -Np1 -i ../websocketpp-0.8.2-boost-1.87-compat.patch
sed 's|"${WEBSOCKETPP_BOOST_LIBS}"|${WEBSOCKETPP_BOOST_LIBS}|' -i CMakeLists.txt

Install websocketpp by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr        \
      -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release         \
      -D CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH=ON      \
      -D CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5 \
      -D ENABLE_CPP11=ON                  \
      -D BUILD_TESTS=OFF                  \
      -G Ninja ..

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

-D CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH=ON: This switch makes cmake remove hardcoded library search paths (rpath) when installing a binary executable file or a shared library. This package does not need rpath once it's installed into the standard location, and rpath may sometimes cause unwanted effects or even security issues.

-D CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5: This allows building with newer CMake versions.

-D ENABLE_CPP11=ON: This builds support for the c++11 ISO standard.

-D BUILD_TESTS=OFF: This disables building tests.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/include/websocketpp and /usr/lib/cmake/websocketpp