Conan is a python application, you can install it using pip (pip install conan) inside a Python virtual environment or system-wide, or you can download a standalone application and unpack it into your system, choose the way that best fits your needs from the download page. It can be easily installed using the Plugins section in the Preferences/Settings window, or from the welcome screen using the Configure>Plugins option.Īfter restarting CLion a new “Conan” tool window will appear at the bottom of the IDE, which is ready for you to use. To follow along with this example, you’ll need to install the Conan by JFrog plugin from the JetBrains marketplace. We will use the Conan-CLion plugin to integrate both applications smoothly, for example, by building an MD5 hasher using an already available implementation from the Poco libraries. In this blog post, we will show how to use Conan in your CLion workspace to get your preferred libraries ready to use in your project. Conan is also able to build and cross-build packages from sources, it integrates with any build system, with very high flexibility and customization capabilities. It automatically manages and reuses binaries for any possible configuration, increasing development speed. The lack of a package manager in the C++ world has slowed many projects down, requiring dedicated efforts to handling external libraries or rewriting functionalities to avoid using third parties.Ĭonan is an open source, decentralized package manager that simplifies the process of integrating and reusing C and C++ libraries and packages. Starting from a blank page writing your code and creating your functionalities, all the way through to building on top of solid and high-performance libraries… but wait! Sometimes it’s not easy to get those libraries available for your project to compile and link, and possibly you are not experienced in that build system or the library may require some patches to be built for your platform.

Writing a C++ project from scratch is always a delightful challenge. Now I’m back building Conan, the C/C++ package manager.

Sogo from JFrog shares how to start with Conan package manager in CLion.Īfter several years of C++ development, I moved to Python to learn the best practices and tools.

Wondering how to add a package to your C++ project? In this guest blog post Javier G.

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