Building NSClient++#
NSClient++ is fairly simple to build and setup. It requires python and cmake for the build process as well as a number of external libraries. This document is split between “Linux” and “Windows” since there is a substantial difference in how to build them. For people wanting a Apple osx version it can be built similarly to the Linux machines on that platform as well.
Linux#
The dependencies are different on different Linux systems so we will start with a section on installing dependencies on various platforms.
Dependencies on Ubuntu#
First we need to install a set of packages:
sudo apt-get install -y git sudo apt-get install -y build-essential sudo apt-get install -y cmake sudo apt-get install -y python python-dev sudo apt-get install -y libssl-dev sudo apt-get install -y libboost-all-dev sudo apt-get install -y protobuf-compiler python-protobuf libprotobuf-dev sudo apt-get install -y python-sphinx sudo apt-get install -y libcrypto++-dev libcrypto++ sudo apt-get install -y liblua5.1-0-dev sudo apt-get install -y libgtest-dev
Getting the code from github#
Next up we download the source code from github: git clone --recursive https://github.com/mickem/nscp.git
Building NSClient++#
Create a folder in which we will build the code:
mkdir build cd build Run cmake to create the build files:
cmake ../nscp
Build the actual code:
make
Run the built-in test to make sure everything is working:
make test
## Windows ## Dependencies is a bit of a bother to manage on Windows since there is no general package mechanism for libraries. To help with the there is a script called fetch-deps.py which will help download and build all dependencies required. ### Tools ### All tools have to be installed manually by hand (fetchdeps only manages libraries): - CMake 2.6 - Python 2.7 (Make sure the right python platform is in your path) - Visual Studio (I use 2012 and 2015) - WiX 3.9 (or later) - Perl 5.12 (required by openssl) - A git client (if you want to fetch the git sources) Validate all tools are in your path:
cmake –version python -V perl -v cl /?
Get the source code using git:
git clone –recursive https://github.com/mickem/nscp.git
Create a build folder:
mkdir build cd build
Build all dependencies and required libraries (pick the right platform Win32 or x64):
nscp\build\python\fetchdeps.py --target <platform> --dyn --source <source path> --msver 2012
Validate that we have all dependencies:
cmake -D TARGET=dist -D SOURCE=nscp -P nscp\check_deps.cmake
Build NSClient++ (If you don’t know you your visual studio version name you can run cmake –help to list all available profiles):
cd dist cmake -G "VISUAL STUDIO GNERATOR STRING" ../nscp msbuild /p:Configuration=RelWithDebInfo NSCP.sln
Vagrant#
We provide a number of vagrant profiles which will built NSClient++ as well:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/mickem/nscp.git
cd vagrant cd precise32 # Replace this with precise64 or oracle-linux-6.4_64 vagrant up -- provision
The resultiung packages will be found under packages