Static ZeroMQ (difficult setup)
cd /d C:\
mkdir Repos
cd /d C:\Repos\
git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg
cd /d C:\Repos\vcpkg\
bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
cd /d C:\Repos\vcpkg\
vcpkg install zeromq:x64-windows-static
Visual Studio 2017 creates empty project and a.cpp
#include <zmq.h>
#include <iostream>
#ifdef _DEBUG
#pragma comment(lib,"libzmq-mt-sgd-4_3_2.lib")
#else
#pragma comment(lib,"libzmq-mt-s-4_3_2.lib")
#endif
#pragma comment(lib,"Ws2_32.lib")
#pragma comment(lib,"Iphlpapi.lib")
int main()
{
int major = 0;
int minor = 0;
int patch = 0;
zmq_version( &major, &minor, &patch );
std::wcout << "Current 0MQ version is " << major << '.' << minor << '.' << patch << '\n';
}
Copy files to folder of a.cpp from
C:\Repos\vcpkg\packages\zeromq_x64-windows-static\include
zmq.h
zmq_utils.h
Copy from C:\Repos\vcpkg\packages\zeromq_x64-windows-static\lib\libzmq-mt-s-4_3_2.lib
C:\Repos\vcpkg\packages\zeromq_x64-windows-static\debug\lib\libzmq-mt-sgd-4_3_2.lib
Preprocessor Definitions:
ZMQ_STATIC
Debug Code Generation from /MDd to /MTd
Release Code Generation from /MD to /MT
Dynamic ZeroMQ (simpler setup)
cd /d C:\Repos\vcpkg\
vcpkg install zeromq:x64-windows
Visual Studio 2017 creates empty project and a.cpp
#include "zmq.h"
#include <iostream>
#ifdef _DEBUG
#pragma comment(lib,"libzmq-mt-sgd-4_3_2.lib")
#else
#pragma comment(lib,"libzmq-mt-s-4_3_2.lib")
#endif
#pragma comment(lib,"Ws2_32.lib")
#pragma comment(lib,"Iphlpapi.lib")
int main()
{
int major = 0;
int minor = 0;
int patch = 0;
zmq_version( &major, &minor, &patch );
std::wcout << "Current 0MQ version is " << major << '.' << minor << '.' << patch << '\n';
}
Copy to folder beside a.cpp from
C:\Repos\vcpkg\packages\zeromq_x64-windows\include
zmq.h
zmq_utils.h
C:\Repos\vcpkg\packages\zeromq_x64-windows\debug\lib\libzmq-mt-gd-4_3_2.lib
C:\Repos\vcpkg\packages\zeromq_x64-windows\lib\libzmq-mt-4_3_2.lib
C:\Repos\vcpkg\packages\zeromq_x64-windows\debug\bin\libzmq-mt-gd-4_3_2.dll
C:\Repos\vcpkg\packages\zeromq_x64-windows\bin\libzmq-mt-4_3_2.dll
Static ZeroMQ (Original full version)
https://joshuaburkholder.com/wordpress/2018/05/25/build-and-static-link-zeromq-on-windows/
ZeroMQ (
http://zeromq.org and
https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq ) is a library that allows code to communicate between threads, processes, or computers in just a few lines and uses simple, composable patterns (like publish-subscribe and broadcast).
In this post, we’ll build ZeroMQ on Windows as a static library (to take advantage of the “static linking exception” in its license:
http://zeromq.org/area:licensing ) and then bake that static library into a simple Windows executable. There are many posts around the web that show you how to do this … here’s one more:
Steps:
- Build Vcpkg ( https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg )
- Use vcpkg to build ZeroMQ (
vcpkg install zeromq:x64-windows-static )
- Build an executable that statically links ZeroMQ
Notes:
- Vcpkg does not manage pre-built binaries (like NuGet or Homebrew)
- Vcpkg manages source code and builds that source code on Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
- At the time of this post, the documentation for Vcpkg was located here:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/vcpkg
In a Visual Studio 2017 developer command prompt (with Git installed), execute the following commands:
cd /d C:\
mkdir Repos
cd /d C:\Repos\
git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg
cd /d C:\Repos\vcpkg\
bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
… now, C:\Repos\vcpkg\vcpkg.exe should exist.
Step 2: Use vcpkg to build ZeroMQ ( vcpkg install zeromq:x64-windows-static )
Note:
- On purpose … to make things more explicit and more difficult in Step 3, we do not execute the following command:
vcpkg integrate install
Now that C:\Repos\vcpkg\vcpkg.exe exists, execute the following commands:
cd /d C:\Repos\vcpkg\
vcpkg install zeromq:x64-windows-static
… now, we should have the following:
- ZeroMQ source code folder: C:\Repos\vcpkg\buildtrees\zeromq\src
- ZeroMQ debug build folder: C:\Repos\vcpkg\buildtrees\zeromq\x64-windows-static-dbg
- ZeroMQ release build folder: C:\Repos\vcpkg\buildtrees\zeromq\x64-windows-static-rel
- ZeroMQ target folder: C:\Repos\vcpkg\packages\zeromq_x64-windows-static
- ZeroMQ target include folder: C:\Repos\vcpkg\packages\zeromq_x64-windows-static\include
- ZeroMQ target debug lib folder: C:\Repos\vcpkg\packages\zeromq_x64-windows-static\debug\lib
- At the time of this post, the static library built was: libzmq-mt-sgd-4_3_1.lib
- Note: The mt and d in libzmq-mt-sgd-4_3_1.lib means multi-threaded debug (requiring the debug executable in the next step to be compiled using /MTd)
- ZeroMQ target release lib folder: C:\Repos\vcpkg\packages\zeromq_x64-windows-static\lib
- At the time of this post, the static library built was: libzmq-mt-s-4_3_1.lib
- Note: The mt in libzmq-mt-s-4_3_1.lib means multi-threaded (requiring the release executable in the next step to be compiled using /MT)
Step 3: Build an executable that statically links ZeroMQ
In Visual Studio 2017, do the following:
- File / New / Project…
- Add / New Item…
- Paste the following code into Source.cpp:
#include <zmq.h>
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
int major = 0;
int minor = 0;
int patch = 0;
zmq_version( &major, &minor, &patch );
std::wcout << "Current 0MQ version is " << major << '.' << minor << '.' << patch << '\n';
}
- Change the Solution Platform to x64:
- Select the “ZeroMQ-Version” project, select Project / Properties, change the Configuration to “All Configurations“, select Configuration Properties / C/C++ / General, and then add the following include folder to “Additional Include Directories“:
C:\Repos\vcpkg\packages\zeromq_x64-windows-static\include
- Next, for “All Configurations“, select Configuration Properties / C/C++ / Preprocessor, and then add the following preprocessor definition to “Preprocessor Definitions“:
ZMQ_STATIC
- Next, change the Configuration to “Debug“, select Configuration Properties / C/C++ / Code Generation, and then change the “Runtime Library” to “Multi-threaded Debug (/MTd)“:
- Next, change the Configuration to “Release“, select Configuration Properties / C/C++ / Code Generation, and then change the “Runtime Library” to “Multi-threaded (/MT)“:
- Next, we’ll add the static libraries … and while we could break these up into separate lib folder and lib file entries, I’ll just use each lib’s full file path here.
- First, switch the Configuration back to “Debug“, select Configuration Properties / Linker / Input, and then add the following entries to “Additional Dependencies“:
C:\Repos\vcpkg\packages\zeromq_x64-windows-static\debug\lib\libzmq-mt-sgd-4_3_1.lib
Ws2_32.lib
Iphlpapi.lib
- Second, switch the Configuration back to “Release“, select Configuration Properties / Linker / Input, and then add the following entries to “Additional Dependencies“:
C:\Repos\vcpkg\packages\zeromq_x64-windows-static\lib\libzmq-mt-s-4_3_1.lib
Ws2_32.lib
Iphlpapi.lib
- Build / Rebuild Solution:
- Debug / Start Without Debugging:
Note:
- When building for Debug, my Output window reads:
1>------ Rebuild All started: Project: ZeroMQ-Version, Configuration: Debug x64 ------
1>Source.cpp
1>ZeroMQ-Version.vcxproj -> C:\Repos\ZeroMQ-Version\x64\Debug\ZeroMQ-Version.exe
========== Rebuild All: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped ==========
- When building for Release, my Output window reads:
1>------ Rebuild All started: Project: ZeroMQ-Version, Configuration: Release x64 ------
1>Source.cpp
1>Generating code
1>All 3752 functions were compiled because no usable IPDB/IOBJ from previous compilation was found.
1>Finished generating code
1>ZeroMQ-Version.vcxproj -> C:\Repos\ZeroMQ-Version\x64\Release\ZeroMQ-Version.exe
========== Rebuild All: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped ==========
Hope This Helps!
