On non-Windows platforms, there is a dependency on Snappy library because ForestDB supports an option to compress a document body using Snappy. Please visit Snappy site for more details.
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Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install libsnappy-dev
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CentOS
wget https://snappy.googlecode.com/files/snappy-1.1.1.tar.gz
tar -xvfz snappy-1.1.1.tar.gz
cd snappy-1.1.1
./configure && make && sudo make install
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OS X
sudo brew install snappy
We use CMake to provide the build support for a wide range of platforms. Please follow the instructions below to install CMake in your target platform.
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Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install cmake
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Centos
wget http:https://www.cmake.org/files/v2.8/cmake-2.8.12.1.tar.gz
tar xvfz cmake-2.8.12.1.tar.gz
cd cmake-2.8.12.1
./bootstrap && make && sudo make install
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OS X
brew install cmake
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Windows
Please download and install CMake binary for Windows from CMake download page.
Once CMake is installed, please follow the instructions below to compile and build ForestDB on Ubuntu, Centos, or OS X:
git clone forestdb_repo_url
cd forestdb
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../
(The default value of CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
is RelWithDebInfo
. If you want to build with optimizations disabled for debugging, type cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ../
instead.)
make all
On Windows (using Visual Studio's CL compiler), the instructions are as follows:
git clone forestdb_repo_url
(or clone repository using TortoiseGit)
cd forestdb
mkdir build
cd build
Note that the path and environment variables for command-line builds need to be set before moving to the next step. Please refer to the MSDN Page.
cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" ..\
(The default value of CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
is Debug
. If you want to build with optimizations enabled for better performance, type cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../
instead.)
nmake all
To run all the unit tests:
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Ubuntu, Centos, and OS X
make test
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Windows
nmake test