setup-cpp

Install all the tools required for building and testing C++/C projects.

Setting up a cross-platform environment for building and testing C++/C projects is a bit tricky. Each platform has its own compilers, and each of them requires a different installation procedure. This package aims to fix this issue.

This package is designed to be modular and as minimal as possible. This will allow you to install the tools you want. It is continuously tested on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

The package can be used locally or from CI services like GitHub Actions. Stay tuned for the stable release.

Features

setup-cpp can install all of these tools:

• llvm
• gcc
• cmake
• ninja
• meson
• conan
• ccache
• cppcheck
• doxygen
• gcovr
• opencppcoverage
• python
• choco
• brew

Usage

From Terminal

You should download the exe file or the js file (if have Nodejs installed), and run it with the available options.

Tip: You can automate downloading using wget, curl or other similar tools.

Executable

Download the executable for your platform from here, and run it with the available options.

An example that installs llvm, cmake, ninja, ccache, and conan.

# windows example (open shell as admin)
curl -O "https://github.com/aminya/setup-cpp/releases/download/v0.1.1/setup_cpp_windows.exe"
./setup_cpp_windows --compiler llvm --cmake true --ninja true --ccache true --conan "1.40.1"

# linux example
wget "https://github.com/aminya/setup-cpp/releases/download/v0.1.1/setup_cpp_linux"
chmod +x setup_cpp_linux
sudo ./setup_cpp_linux --compiler llvm --cmake true --ninja true --ccache true --conan "1.40.1"

# mac example
wget "https://github.com/aminya/setup-cpp/releases/download/v0.1.1/setup_mac_linux"
chmod +x setup_cpp_mac
sudo ./setup_cpp_mac --compiler llvm --cmake true --ninja true --ccache true --conan "1.40.1"

With Nodejs

Download the setup_cpp.js file form here, and run it with the available options.

On Windows

# open shell as admin
wget "https://github.com/aminya/setup-cpp/releases/download/v0.1.1/setup_cpp_windows.exe"
node ./setup_cpp.js --compiler llvm --cmake true --ninja true --ccache true --conan "1.40.1"

On Linux or Mac:

wget "https://github.com/aminya/setup-cpp/releases/download/v0.1.1/setup_cpp.js"
sudo node ./setup_cpp.js --compiler llvm --cmake true --ninja true --ccache true --conan "1.40.1"

Inside GitHub Actions

Here is a complete cross-platform example that tests llvm and gcc. It also uses cmake, ninja, conan, cppcheck, and ccache.

.github/workflows/ci.yml:

name: ci
on:
  pull_request:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
      - master

jobs:
  Test:
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        os:
          - windows-2019
          - ubuntu-20.04
          - macos-10.15
        compiler:
          - llvm
          - gcc
    steps:
      - name: Setup Cpp
        uses: aminya/setup-cpp@v1
        with:
          compiler: ${{ matrix.compiler }}
          cmake: true
          ninja: true
          conan: true
          cppcheck: true
          ccache: true
          # add any tool that you need here...

In the compiler entry, you can specify the version after a -. For example, llvm-11.

For the tools, instead of true, which chooses the default version, you can pass a specific version.

Inside Docker

Here is an example for using setup_cpp to make a builder image that has the cpp tools you need.

# debian with node installed
FROM node:16

# add setup_cpp.js
WORKDIR "/"
RUN wget "https://github.com/aminya/setup-cpp/releases/download/v0.1.1/setup_cpp.js"

# install llvm, cmake, ninja, ccache, and conan
RUN node ./setup_cpp.js --compiler llvm --cmake true --ninja true --ccache true --conan true

ENTRYPOINT [ "/bin/bash" ]

See this folder, for some dockerfile examples.

If you want to build the ones included, then run (after -f use the docker file name):

docker build -f ./building/docker/linux.dockerfile -t setup_cpp .

Incomplete

• msvc. It is implemented, but has bugs. See this issue
• vcpkg (TODO)