Dylib Installer

Dylib Installer is a tool for handling dylib directories and generating .pc files. It helps to automate the process of installing dynamic libraries and their associated headers, and it ensures that the required pkg-config files are generated correctly.

Features

• Automatically detects and processes .dylib files in a specified directory.
• Generates .pc files for use with pkg-config.
• Copies library files to the target directory.
• Optionally copies header files to the target directory.

Pre-requisites

You will need the following tools installed on your system to use Dylib Installer:

• pkg-config

Installing pkg-config

If you are using macOS, you can install pkg-config using Homebrew:

brew install pkg-config

If you are using Linux, you can install pkg-config using your package manager:

• Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install pkg-config

• Fedora:

sudo dnf install pkg-config

• CentOS/RHEL:

sudo yum install pkg-config

• Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S pkg-config

• Alpine Linux:

apk add pkgconfig

Installation

To install Dylib Installer, ensure you have Rust installed on your system. You can install the project from source or using cargo install:

From brew

If you are using macOS, you can install the tool using Homebrew:

brew tap hackerchai/tap
brew install dylib-installer

From Source

git clone https://github.com/hackerchai/dylib-installer.git
cd dylib-installer
cargo build --release

The binary will be located in the target/release directory.

Using Cargo Install

cargo install dylib_installer

Or installing with latest head from repository:

cargo install --git https://github.com/hackerchai/dylib-installer

Usage

Dylib Installer requires several arguments to specify the paths and options. Here are the available options:

dylib_installer [OPTIONS] <dylib_path> [HEADERPATH]

Arguments:

• <dylib_path> Sets the directory where the dylib files are stored.(required)

• [HEADERPATH] Sets the path to store the header files

Options

• -n, --name <NAME>: Sets the name of the library. If not provided, it will be inferred from the dylib file name.
• -i, --headerpath <HEADERPATH>: Sets the path to store the header files.
• -v, --version <VERSION>: Sets the version of the library. Default is "0.1.0".
• -c, --description <DESC>: Sets the description of the library. Default is "No description provided".
• -p, --pcpath <PCPATH>: Sets the path to store the .pc file. If not provided, it will use the default pkg-config path.
• -t, --libpath <LIBPATH>: Sets the target path for the library files. If not provided, it will use the system library path.
• -r, --header_target_path <HEADER_TARGET_PATH>: Sets the target path for the header files.
• -h, --help: Print help.

Example

Recommend to use sudo to install the library to system path.

• In most cases (without specifying headers):

  sudo dylib_installer /path/to/dylibs
  

• If you want to specify full options:

  dylib_installer /path/to/dylibs /path/to/headers \
      -n mylibrary \
      -v 0.1.0 \
      -c "My Library Description" \
      -p /path/to/pkgconfig \
      -t /usr/local/lib \
      -r /usr/local/include/mylibrary
  

If you do not provide a library name, the tool will attempt to infer it from the .dylib file names found in the specified directory. For example, if it finds a file named libfuse.dylib or libfuse.2.1.dylib, it will use fuse as the library name.

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please open an issue or submit a pull request on GitHub.

License

This project is licensed under the GPL License. See the LICENSE file for details.