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Lai Yu-Hsuan
Lai Yu-Hsuan

Reputation: 28121

the 'right way' to distribute an app using other libraries

I wrote an app which uses Boost. The compiled and linked binary executable program is small, but I want to distribute the source code(it's a FOSS).

Because the Boost itself is very large, I can't distribute my app with it. I want the users to download/build Boost themselves. The problem is:

  1. how could I know whether Boost have been installed on user's machine and where it is?
  2. if user wants to indicate the path he installed Boost, where should I have he put the parameters?

Of course the Boost above can be replaced with any other library.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 64

Answers (1)

laurent
laurent

Reputation: 90794

To only distribute the relevant Boost libraries, you could use BCP. It will extract for you the required files, you can then include them in your project.

Upvotes: 1

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