Build Instructions

| Build Instructions |
| Much of this documentation is historical in nature. The only officially supported platforms with committed testing and maintenance at this time are Windows (native, NOT Cygwin or other variants), Linux, and MacOS. All other builds are unsupported and untested and should be expected to require patching and build debugging. Patches are accepted for other platforms, as are maintainers interested in taking over responsibility for supporting them. While the CMake support is portable, officially the autoconf support is intended to be used for Linux and MacOS and CMake used for Windows. Build instructions are provided for the following platforms and compilers: All UNIX/Linux/Mac OS X/Cygwin/MinGW
| Building on all platforms with CMake |
| For building on any platform with any supported build system Xerces-C++ uses the CMake build generator and requires that you have CMake installed. Additionally, a build tool such as GNU make or Ninja is required for building. CMake supports a wide range of generators for several different compilers, build tools and popular IDEs, including Eclipse, Kate, Visual Studio, Sublime Text and more. Any of these may be used to build Xerces-C++. Run `cmake --help` to display the full list of supported generators for your platform. As with all CMake projects, the build process is divided into several parts: configuration and building, followed by (optional) testing and installation. The configuration part is performed by running the `cmake` command. The build part is performed by invoking the chosen build tool such as `make` or `ninja`, or by opening the generated project files in your IDE, and building from within the IDE. Besides the standard `cmake` variables, Xerces-C++ provides a number of project-specific options that are worth mentioning. You can specify one option for each category outlined below. If you do not specify anything for a particular category then `cmake` will select the most appropriate default, based upon the available options for your system. At the end of its execution `cmake` prints the selected values for each category. Net Accessor (used to access network resources):
Option | Description
`-Dnetwork-accessor=curl` | use the libcurl library (only on UNIX)
`-Dnetwork-accessor=socket` | use plain sockets (only on UNIX)
`-Dnetwork-accessor=cfurl` | use the CFURL API (only on Mac OS X)
`-Dnetwork-accessor=winsock` | use WinSock (only on Windows, Cygwin, MinGW)
`-Dnetwork:BOOL=OFF` | disable network support
Transcoder (used to convert between internal UTF-16 and other encodings):
Option | Description
`-Dtranscoder=gnuiconv` | use the GNU iconv library
`-Dtranscoder=iconv` | use the iconv library
`-Dtranscoder=icu` | use the ICU library
`-Dtranscoder=macosunicodeconverter` | use Mac OS X APIs (only on Mac OS X)
`-Dtranscoder=windows` | use Windows APIs (only on Windows and MinGW)
Message Loader (used to access diagnostics messages):
Option | Description
`-Dmessage-loader=inmemory` | store the messages in memory
`-Dmessage-loader=icu` | store the messages using the ICU resource bundles
`-Dmessage-loader=iconv` | store the messages in the iconv message catalog
XMLCh type (UTF-16 character type):
Option | Description
`-Dxmlch-type=char16_t` | use `char16_t` (requires a C++11 compiler)
`-Dxmlch-type=uint16_t` | use `uint16_t` from `<cstdint>` or `<stdint.h>`, or another unsigned 16-bit type such as `unsigned short` if the standard types are unavailable
`-Dxmlch-type=wchar_t` | use `wchar_t` (Windows only)
MFC debug support is enabled by default (Windows only) and can be disabled with the `-Dmfc-debug:BOOL=OFF` option. Thread support is enabled by default and can be disabled with the `-Dthreads:BOOL=OFF` option. If disabled, it will not be possible to select a mutex manager other than `nothreads`. If enabled, one of the following mutex managers may be selected:
Option | Description
`-Dmutex-manager=standard` | Use Standard C++ mutex (requires a C++11 compiler)
`-Dmutex-manager=posix` | Use POSIX threads (pthreads) mutex (only on UNIX and Cygwin)
`-Dmutex-manager=windows` | Use Windows threads mutex (Windows and MinGW only)
`-Dmutex-manager=nothreads` | Use dummy implementation (default if threading is disabled)
Shared libraries are built by default. You can use the `-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF` option to build static libraries. If you need to specify compiler executables that should be used to build Xerces-C++, you can set the CC and CXX environment variables when invoking `cmake`. Similarly, if you need to specify additional compiler or linker options, you can set the CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS, and LDFLAGS environment variables. For example:
    CC=gcc-5.3 CXX=g++-5.3 CFLAGS=-O3 CXXFLAGS=-O3 cmake ...
| If building on Windows, the specific Visual Studio version may be selected with some generators, and this may be run from a normal command prompt. If using a generic generator such as `Ninja`, then `cmake` should be run from a Visual Studio command prompt, or in a suitably configured environment, so that the correct compiler will be detected.
Once the configuration part is complete you can run the build tool of choice. This may be done generically using `cmake --build . [--config=Debug|Release]`. Alternatively, a specific build tool, e.g. `make`, `gmake`, `ninja` or `msbuild` corresponding to the chosen generator may be used directly. When invoked without a specific target, it will build the Xerces-C++ library, all examples and all unit tests. If you would like to run the automated test suite, run `ctest [-V] [-C Debug|Release]`. This will run all tests. Additional options are available, such as running a subset of the tests and running the tests in parallel. If any discrepancies in the output are detected, the differences will be displayed if a `diff` program is available. Finally, install the library and examples. This may be done generically using `cmake --build . --target install`. Alternatively, a specific build tool may be used, e.g. `make install`. To change the installation directory, use the `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=prefix` `cmake` option. Some platforms and configurations may require extra `cmake` options. Run `cmake -LH` to list the additional options, along with a short description for each. For each of the selection categories mentioned above, the help text will list the valid choices detected for your platform. Run `cmake -LAH` for all the additional advanced settings. Several examples of configuring, building, testing and installing with CMake using different platforms, generators, and installation options are shown below:
Platform | Generator | Example
Any | Ninja | `mkdir build` `cd build` `cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/xerces-c -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -Dnetwork-accessor=curl /path/to/xerces-c/source` `ninja` `ctest -V -j 8` `ninja install`
Unix | Unix Makefiles | `mkdir build` `cd build` `cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/xerces-c -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -Dmessage-loader=icu /path/to/xerces-c/source` `make -j8` `make test` `make install`
Windows | msbuild with VS2015 x64 | `mkdir build` `cd build` `cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=D:\libs \path\to\xerces-c\source` `cmake --build . --config Debug` `ctest -V -C Debug -j 4` `cmake --build . --config Debug --target install`
| Note that different UNIX platforms use different system environment variables for finding shared libraries. On Linux and Solaris, the environment variable name is `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`, on AIX it is `LIBPATH`, on Mac OS X it is `DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH`, and on HP-UX it is `SHLIB_PATH`.
| Note that Windows is different from the UNIX platforms in the way it finds shared libraries at run time. While UNIX platforms may use the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` environment variable, Windows uses the `PATH` environment variable if the library is not in the same directory as the executable.
| Building on UNIX/Linux/Mac OS X/Cygwin/MinGW platforms |
| For building on UNIX and UNIX-like (GNU/Linux, Max OS X, Cygwin, MinGW-MSYS) platforms Xerces-C++ uses the GNU automake-based build systems and requires that you have GNU make installed. On some platforms GNU make is called gmake instead of make. As with all automake-based projects the build process is divided into two parts: configuration and building. The configuration part is performed using the `configure` script that can be found in the `xerces-c-3.3.0` directory. The build part is performed by invoking `make`. Besides the standard `configure` options which you can view by running `configure --help`, Xerces-C++ provides a number of project-specific options that are worth mentioning. You can specify one option for each category outlined below. If you do not specify anything for a particular category then `configure` will select the most appropriate default. At the end of its execution `configure` prints the selected values for each category. Net Accessor (used to access network resources):
Option | Description
`--enable-netaccessor-curl` | use the libcurl library
`--enable-netaccessor-socket` | use plain sockets
`--enable-netaccessor-cfurl` | use the CFURL API (only on Mac OS X)
`--enable-netaccessor-winsock` | use WinSock (only on Windows, Cygwin, MinGW)
`--disable-network` | disable network support
Transcoder (used to convert between internal UTF-16 and other encodings):
Option | Description
`--enable-transcoder-gnuiconv` | use the GNU iconv library
`--enable-transcoder-iconv` | use the iconv library
`--enable-transcoder-icu` | use the ICU library
`--enable-transcoder-macosunicodeconverter` | use Mac OS X APIs (only on Mac OS X)
`--enable-transcoder-windows` | use Windows APIs (only on Windows, Cygwin, MinGW)
Message Loader (used to access diagnostics messages):
Option | Description
`--enable-msgloader-inmemory` | store the messages in memory
`--enable-msgloader-icu` | store the messages using the ICU resource bundles
`--enable-msgloader-iconv` | store the messages in the iconv message catalog
XMLCh type (UTF-16 character type):
Option | Description
`--enable-xmlch-char16_t` | use `char16_t` (requires a C++11 compiler)
`--enable-xmlch-uint16_t` | use `uint16_t` from `<cstdint>` or `<stdint.h>`, or another unsigned 16-bit type such as `unsigned short` if the standard types are unavailable
`--enable-xmlch-wchar_t` | use `wchar_t` (Windows only)
Thread support is enabled by default and can be disabled with the `--disable-threads` option. If disabled, it will not be possible to select a mutex manager other than `nothreads`. If enabled, one of the following mutex managers may be selected:
Option | Description
`--enable-mutexmgr-standard` | Use Standard C++ mutex (requires a C++11 compiler)
`--enable-mutexmgr-posix` | Use POSIX threads (pthreads) mutex (only on UNIX and Cygwin)
`--enable-mutexmgr-windows` | Use Windows threads mutex (Windows and MinGW only)
`--enable-mutexmgr-nothreads` | Use dummy implementation (default if threading is disabled)
By default `configure` selects both shared and static libraries. You can use the `--disable-shared` and `--disable-static` options to avoid building the version you don't need. Finally, to make the build process cleaner the Xerces-C++ build system hides actual compiler commands being executed by `make`. If you would like to see those then you can specify the `--disable-pretty-make` option. If you need to specify compiler executables that should be used to build Xerces-C++, you can set the CC and CXX variables when invoking `configure`. Similarly, if you need to specify additional compiler or linker options, you can set the CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS, and LDFLAGS variables. For example:
    ./configure --disable-static CC=gcc-4.3 CXX=g++-4.3 CFLAGS=-O3 CXXFLAGS=-O3
Once the configuration part is complete you can run `make` (or `gmake`). Running `make` from the `xerces-c-3.3.0` directory builds Xerces-C++ library and examples. The library is placed into the `src/.libs` directory. If you like to build only the library, you can run make from `xerces-c-3.3.0/src`. If you would like to build the tests and run the automated test suite, run `make check` from the `xerces-c-3.3.0` directory. The automated test suite required Perl and the `diff` command. Finally, to install the library and examples you can run `make install` (or `gmake install`). To change the installation directory, use the `--prefix` `configure` option. Some platforms and configurations require extra `configure` and `make` options which are shown in the following table.
Platform | Compiler | Options
Solaris x86 | Sun CC | `./configure CXX=CC CC=cc`
Solaris x86-64 | Sun CC | `./configure CXX=CC CC=cc CFLAGS=-xarch=amd64 CXXFLAGS=-xarch=amd64` (for newer Sun CC versions use -m64 instead of -xarch=amd64)
Solaris SPARC | Sun CC | `./configure CXX=CC CC=cc`
Solaris SPARCv9 | Sun CC | `./configure CXX=CC CC=cc CFLAGS=-xarch=v9 CXXFLAGS=-xarch=v9` (for newer Sun CC versions use -m64 instead of -xarch=v9)
AIX PowerPC | IBM XL C++ | `./configure CXX=xlC_r CC=xlc_r` `gmake libxerces_c_la_LDFLAGS=-qmkshrobj` (for xlC v11-v13, libxerces_c_la_LDFLAGS is not needed, but CXXFLAGS=-rtti is needed otherwise RTTI is disabled by default)
AIX PowerPC-64 | IBM XL C++ | `export OBJECT_MODE=64` `./configure CXX=xlC_r CC=xlc_r CXXFLAGS=-q64 CFLAGS=-q64` `gmake libxerces_c_la_LDFLAGS=-qmkshrobj` (for xlC v11-v13, libxerces_c_la_LDFLAGS is not needed, but CXXFLAGS="-q64 -rtti" is needed otherwise RTTI is disabled by default)
HP-UX IA-64-32 | HP aCC | `./configure CXX=aCC CC=aCC CFLAGS=-mt CXXFLAGS=-mt LDFLAGS=-mt`
HP-UX IA-64 | HP aCC | `./configure CXX=aCC CC=aCC CFLAGS="-mt +DD64" CXXFLAGS="-mt +DD64" LDFLAGS="-mt +DD64"`
Mac OS X x86-64 | GCC | `./configure CFLAGS="-arch x86_64" CXXFLAGS="-arch x86_64"`
Mac OS X PowerPC-64 | GCC | `./configure CFLAGS="-arch ppc64" CXXFLAGS="-arch ppc64"`
Mac OS X x86/PowerPC | GCC | `./configure --disable-dependency-tracking CFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch ppc" CXXFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch ppc"`
Mingw x86 | GCC | `./configure LDFLAGS=-no-undefined`
Cygwin x86 | GCC | `./configure LDFLAGS=-no-undefined`
| Note that different UNIX platforms use different system environment variable for finding shared libraries. On Linux and Solaris, the environment variable name is `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`, on AIX it is `LIBPATH`, on Mac OS X it is `DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH`, and on HP-UX it is `SHLIB_PATH`.
| Note that Cygwin and MinGW are different from the UNIX platforms in the way they find shared libraries at run time. While UNIX platforms may use the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` environment variable, Cygwin and MinGW use the `PATH` environment variable.

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