This project is a collection of Python scripts to download and build gRPC, and then generate a native NuGet usable in Visual Studio. By default, the Google repository provides neither NuGet nor binaries to use gRPC in C++.
The goal of this project is then to provides, within a collection of Python scripts, a clear way to compile gRPC and generate a NuGet with the parameters of your choice. It will do the job automatically for you, but still allows you to choose the repository to clone and compile (in order to generate a specific version of gRPC), the compiler to use and also the toolset. The NuGet is also configurable to fit the best to your needs.
I compile gRPC with Visual Studio 2017, but it should works with other versions of VS and other compilers. However, I can't certify it. Feel free to open issues and submit pull requests to improve the project.
- Python 3.6+ (I use type hints, you'll have to delete them to use older version of Python).
- git to clone the repository, both this one and the gRPC one.
- cmake (required by gRPC).
- go (required by gRPC).
- perl (required by gRPC).
- Write-NuGetPackage (Powershell) to generate the native NuGet.
git clone https://github.com/informaticienzero/gRPC.Cpp.Nuget
cd gRPC.Cpp.Nuget
# Create a virtual env first. Really, it's better.
pip install -r requirements.txt
# Checks dependencies and download the gRPC repository setted in Configuration.ini.
python .\gRPC_Download.py
# Compiles gRPC with the parameters given in Configuration.ini.
python .\gRPC_Build.py
# Build the NuGet package.
python .\gRPC_NuGet_Generation.py