Installing¶

Package Managers¶

Package Manager	Installation Command
vcpkg	`vcpkg install quill`
Conan	`conan install quill`
Homebrew	`brew install quill`
Meson WrapDB	`meson wrap install quill`
Conda	`conda install -c conda-forge quill`
Bzlmod	`bazel_dep(name = "quill", version = "x.y.z")`
xmake	`xrepo install quill`

CMake-Integration¶

Building and Installing from Source¶

git clone https://github.com/odygrd/quill.git
mkdir cmake_build
cd cmake_build
cmake ..
make install

Note: To install in custom directory invoke cmake with

-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/quill/install-dir/

Then use the installed library from a CMake project, you can locate it directly with find_package()

Directory Structure¶

my_project/
├── CMakeLists.txt
├── main.cpp

CMakeLists.txt¶

# Set only if needed - quill was installed under a custom non-standard directory
set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH /test_quill/usr/local/)

find_package(quill REQUIRED)

# Linking your project against quill
add_executable(example main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(example PRIVATE quill::quill)

Embedding in Your Project¶

To embed the library directly, copy its source code into your project directory and include it using add_subdirectory() in your CMakeLists.txt file.

Directory Structure¶

my_project/
├── quill/            (source folder)
├── CMakeLists.txt
├── main.cpp

CMakeLists.txt¶

add_subdirectory(quill)
add_executable(my_project main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(my_project PRIVATE quill::quill)