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Alexander Karatarakis edited this page Apr 26, 2016 · 19 revisions

How to setup, build, and run tests on Linux

1. Install Ubuntu 14.04 or later.

2. Install all the needed build tools and libraries

sudo apt-get install g++ git make libboost-all-dev libssl-dev cmake

Minimum versions:

  • g++: 4.8
  • libboost: 1.54
  • libssl: 1.0.0

3. Clone the project using Git (it will be stored in the folder "casablanca"):

git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/cpprestsdk.git casablanca

Going forward, you will want to pull from the master branch, which will always contain the last known release.

4. Build the SDK in Debug mode

cd casablanca/Release
mkdir build.debug
cd build.debug
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
make

You can build the Release version by specifying -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release on the cmake line instead.
You can also build the static libraries instead of the shared libraries by adding -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=0 on the cmake line above.

5. After building you can run the tests by executing the ./run_tests.sh script inside the "Binaries" folder:

cd Binaries
./test_runner *_test.so

6. To install on your system run: sudo make install

For versions prior to 2.0, please visit Setup and Build on Linux (1.4)

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