README

Welcome to nanomsg
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nanomsg library is a simple high-performance implementation of several 
"scalability protocols". Scalability protocol's job is to define how multiple 
applications communicate to form a single distributed application.

For more info check the web site: http://nanomsg.org


Build it
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1.  Download the package.
2.  Unpack it.
3.  Go to the root directory of the package.
4.  sh autogen.sh
5.  ./configure
6.  make
7.  make check
8.  sudo make install
9.  On Linux or other platforms which use ld.so for dynamic linking, run 
    ldconfig or equivalent as root to update your system’s shared library cache.

Build it on Windows
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1.  Download the package.
2.  Unpack it.
3.  Go to the root directory of the package.
4.  run "cmake ."
5.  Open the nanomsg.sln file using MSVC IDE.
6.  Build the entire solution.
7.  Optionally, build RUN_TESTS project to run the test suite.

Resources
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Website: http://nanomsg.org

Source code: https://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg

Documentation: http://nanomsg.org/documentation.html

Bug tracker: https://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg/issues

Mailing list: nanomsg@freelists.org

Subscribe to the list here: http://www.freelists.org/list/nanomsg

IRC chatroom: channel #nanomsg at irc.freenode.net/8001

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