[ENHANCEMENT] Integration with existing dependency package managers

[ethindp]

Integration with existing package managers

Library

all

Enhancement

There are several C++ package managers for dependencies, such as conan, vcpkg and cpm. It would be worth it to provide instructions on using xtd with the major package managers.

Description

Conan and cpm are CMake package managers. Conan relies on external tools, but cpm is completely integrated into CMake (see https://github.com/cpm-cmake/CPM.cmake). As you probably know, vcpkg is Microsoft's (quite successful) attempt at creating a package manager for C++ applications and libraries. XTD would be a great addition to the VCPKG ports collection.

Tasks

• Create deb and rpm package swith CPack of CMake .
• Create home-brewformula for macOS.
• Automate the generation of deb and rpm packages for different platofrm x86, arm, ... in 32 and 64 bits.
• Host the different deb and rpm packages
• Add xtd to the vcpkg collection

[gammasoft71]

Hello @ethindp,

First of all, thank you for your interest in xtd. 😉

I agree with you. That's why, for version 0.2.0, xtd has integrated package management with cpack of CMake.

Here is the current packet status for xtd 0.2.0:

• deb and rpm package generation has been added for linux.
• The homebrew formula has been added for macOS.
• However, for Windows, nothing has been done yet. Neither with Microsoft's vcpkg, nor with chocolatey. 🙁

But this can only be used when xtd 0.2.0 is tagged.
Even if the deb and rpm packages can be generated. It will still be necessary to automate the package generation.
And it will be necessary to have a server to host the packages for the package managers to fetch them.

Indeed, it would be great to add xtd to the vcpkg port collection.

If I may ask: You propose this kind of development maybe you are a regular. Your help to add xtd to [vcpkg](https://vcpkg.io/en/index.html) would be welcome 😉

Remarks

• I didn't know CPM.cmake. I will look at what it can bring to xtd. Thanks for the info 😉

Regards,
Gammasoft71