Installing zlmediakit with vcpkg

Introduction

vcpkg is a cross-platform SDK package management tool, similar to yum/apt on Linux and Homebrew on macOS. It supports multiple platforms such as Linux, macOS, and Windows, making it a powerful tool for C/C++ developers to manage dependencies. Currently, zlmediakit has been added to vcpkg on August 8, 2023. Users can conveniently install zlmediakit C SDK and MediaServer executable program using vcpkg, resolving various compilation dependency-related issues. The inclusion of zlmediakit in vcpkg has received extensive support from @JackBoosY, and we express our sincere gratitude for that!

Installation Guide

1. Install vcpkg

Taking Linux platform as an example:

# Download vcpkg tool
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
# Start the installation; if prompted with installation failure, please install the dependencies first
./vcpkg/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh

For specific instructions on different platforms, please refer to the official documentation.

2. Install zlmediakit

• Install dependencies first

  sudo apt-get install pkg-config
  

• Install zlmediakit with default features

  # Default features enabled: [core,mp4,openssl,webrtc]
  ./vcpkg/vcpkg install zlmediakit
  

• Install zlmediakit with all features (including webrtc datachannel)

  ./vcpkg/vcpkg install zlmediakit\[core,mp4,openssl,webrtc,sctp\]
  

• Install zlmediakit with minimum features

  ./vcpkg/vcpkg install zlmediakit\[core\]
  

• Uninstall zlmediakit

  ./vcpkg/vcpkg remove zlmediakit
  

• Installation path

  The MediaServer process depends on config.ini, default.pem, www, and other related files, which can be copied from the source code.

3. Install different versions

• Check the platforms supported by vcpkg

./vcpkg/vcpkg help triplet

• Example for Linux

  ./vcpkg/vcpkg help triplet | grep linux
    x64-linux
    x86-linux
    ppc64le-linux
    x64-linux-release
    loongarch32-linux
    loongarch64-linux
    arm-linux
    loongarch32-linux-release
    s390x-linux
    riscv64-linux
    x64-linux-dynamic
    riscv64-linux-release
    arm-linux-release
    ppc64le-linux-release
    riscv32-linux
    arm64-linux
    arm64-linux-release
    loongarch64-linux-release
    s390x-linux-release
    riscv32-linux-release
  

• Install the dynamic library version of zlmediakit

  # Uninstall zlmediakit first
  ./vcpkg/vcpkg remove zlmediakit
  # Then install the dynamic library version
  ./vcpkg/vcpkg install zlmediakit\[core,mp4,openssl,webrtc,sctp\]:x64-linux-dynamic
  

  

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