NDN-CPP-dev: A dev version of Named Data Networking client library for C++

Prerequisites

(These are prerequisites to build NDN-CPP. To do development of NDN-CPP code and update the build system, see Development Prerequisites.)

Required:

  • libcrypto
  • libsqlite3
  • libcrypto++
  • boost libraries
  • OSX Security framework (on OSX platform only)

Following are the detailed steps for each platform to install the prerequisites.

  • Mac OS X 10.7.3, Mac OS X 10.8.4

    Install Xcode. In Xcode Preferences > Downloads, install "Command Line Tools".

  • Mac OS X 10.9

    Install Xcode. (Xcode on OS X 10.9 seems to already have the Command Line Tools.)

    If using macports, dependencies can be installed using the following commands:

      sudo port install boost sqlite3 libcryptopp

  • Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit and 32 bit), Ubuntu 13.04 (64 bit)

    In a terminal, enter:

      sudo apt-get install build-essential
  sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev libcrypto++-dev

  • Windows Cygwin

    Cygwin is tested on Windows 7 64-bit with the "Devel" packages selected to install at the top level of the cygwin installer. This includes libcrypto and libsqlite3.

Build

(These are instructions to build NDN-CPP. To do development of NDN-CPP code and update the build system, see Development.)

To build in a terminal, change directory to the NDN-CPP root. Enter:

./waf configure
./waf
sudo ./waf install

This makes and installs the following items:

  • <LIBPATH>/libndn-cpp-dev.*: static and dynamic NDN C++ libraries
  • <LIBPATH>/pkgconfig/libndn-cpp-dev.pc: pkgconfig file storing all neccessary flags to build against the library. For example, if pkgconfig or pkgconf package is installed and PKG_CONFIG_PATH is configured properly (or <LIBPATH>/pkgconfig is a default path), pkgconfig --libs --clflags libndn-cpp-dev will return all necessary compile and link flags for the library.
  • <BINPATH>/tlvdump: a simple tool to dump contents of TLV-formatted data
  • <BINPATH>/ndncatchunks3: a simplified equivalent to ndncatchunks2 in NDNx package
  • <BINPATH>/ndnputchunks3: a simplified equivalent to ndnputchunks2 in NDNx package

If configured with tests: ./waf configure --with-tests), the above commands will also produce:

  • build/tests/unit-tests: A tool to run unit tests for the library

Documentation

To make documentation, enter:

./waf doxygen

This will produce doxygen API code documentation in:

  • build/doc/html

Supported platforms

(to be confirmed)

NDN-CPP is tested on the following platforms: Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit and 32 bit) (gcc 4.6.3) Ubuntu 13.04 (64 bit) (gcc 4.7.3) Mac OS X 10.8.4 (clang 4.2) Mac OS X 10.8.4 (gcc 4.2)

Development Prerequisites

These steps are only needed to do development of NDN-CPP code and update the build system. First follow the Prerequisites above for your platforms.

  • Mac OS X 10.7.3, Mac OS X 10.8.4, Mac OS X 10.9

    Install MacPorts from http://www.macports.org/install.php In a terminal, enter:

      sudo port install doxygen

  • Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit and 32 bit), Ubuntu 13.04 (64 bit)

    In a terminal, enter:

      sudo apt-get install doxygen

Development

Follow Development Prerequisites above for your platform.