Yeah, I guess we should invest in updating the tutorial for other OSs as well. The set of libraries you have to link against is the same as on Linux, however, the command line is different (and I don't know off the top of my head how the correct command line for OSX would look like).
On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 2:50 PM Frank Lyder Bredland <knarfpriv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Seems like your correct about the tutorial being for Linux, I just assumed > that it would be the same for OSX since they are both *nix systems, thats > my fault. > I however would wish that there also was a Windows and OSX version of the > tutorial. > > Seems like there was a binary in ./out/x64.release/hello-world just as you > said. So even if the tutorial was for Linux I guess it worked on OSX? > > I'd wished that this made me any wiser, but how am I supposed to link this > against my own application? > I mean, I guess I could just change the hello_world example and keep my > whole application in that file, but I guess thats not the best way to > develop C++ applications while embedding V8. > > What I would like to do is in some way build something that I could link > against my application. > > How would I go about doing that? > Normally for other libraries you could download the header files and some > pre-build libraries for your platform. > Since I can't find this option for V8 I'm guessing you have to build from > source. > Running "make x64.release" worked and I was able to run the hello_world > example, so I guess building works. > > Now how would link against this on OSX? I'm at a bit of a loss, since the > example is for Linux and there are no example for OSX. > > On Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 2:37:06 PM UTC+1, Jochen Eisinger wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 2:00 PM Frank Lyder Bredland <knarfp...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Okay, I'm afraid most of what your saying is gibberish to me. >>> It's a bit hard trying to get V8 to work when literally the first >>> example doesn't work. >>> >> >> >> The tutorial explicitly says that it's targeting Linux... >> >> >>> Could you give me a step-to-step tutorial on how I'm supposed to build >>> the hello_world example? >>> >> >> make x64.release is enough to build hello world. it's in >> out/x64.release/hello-world >> >> >>> >>> What I tried, based on the tutorial ( >>> https://github.com/v8/v8/wiki/Getting%20Started%20with%20Embedding) was >>> the following: >>> >>> $ fetch v8 # do download v8 >>> $ git checkout -b 4.8 -t branch-heads/4.8 # to get to the correct branch >>> $ make x64.release # to build the lib? >>> >>> And then I copy-pasted the hello_world.cpp file from that page and >>> tried to build it using the command that was listed there. >>> Which gives me a bunch of errors for missing .a files. >>> >>> So my question is this: >>> >>> Can you explain it to me like I'm five, how to I build and run this >>> hello_world.cpp example on OSX using make and gyp or whatever? >>> If the example is outdated then how am I supposed to do it? >>> >> >> The example assumes you use Linux. If you chose to deviate from some >> parts of the tutorial, you're more or less on your own. >> >> >>> >>> On Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 12:35:56 PM UTC+1, Jochen Eisinger wrote: >>> >>>> If you use make for your development, it should work. Just building >>>> x64.release should create the hello_world binary. >>>> >>>> The command line from the example is still linux specific (and predates >>>> the time we added hello_world to the "all" build target...) >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 12:14 PM Frank Lyder Bredland < >>>> knarfp...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm not sure what you mean when you say "hello_world target"? or why >>>>> this shouldn't work on osx? >>>>> I'm not looking to create a xcode project, just to build it using >>>>> clang on the terminal. >>>>> >>>>> Is there any reason that "make x64.release" should not work on Mac? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 11:51:49 AM UTC+1, Jochen Eisinger wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> This example command line only works on 64bit Linux. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mac, just build the hello_world target. I don't know off the top >>>>>> of my head what the corresponding command line would be for xcodebuild, >>>>>> sorry >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 5:59 PM Frank Lyder Bredland < >>>>>> knarfp...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>> I tried to follow this guid: >>>>>>> https://github.com/v8/v8/wiki/Getting%20Started%20with%20Embedding >>>>>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fv8%2Fv8%2Fwiki%2FGetting%2520Started%2520with%2520Embedding&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGAkmnkMHKNwDI4_Ax0b6qwnWLMuw> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Everything seem to work until I get to step 3 where I get the >>>>>>> following: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> v8 git:(4.8) ✗ g++ -I. hello_world.cpp -o hello_world >>>>>>> -Wl,--start-group >>>>>>> out/x64.release/obj.target/{tools/gyp/libv8_{base,libbase,external_snapshot,libplatform},third_party/icu/libicu{uc,i18n,data}}.a >>>>>>> -Wl,--end-group -lrt -ldl -pthread -std=c++0x >>>>>>> clang: error: no such file or directory: >>>>>>> 'out/x64.release/obj.target/tools/gyp/libv8_base.a' >>>>>>> clang: error: no such file or directory: >>>>>>> 'out/x64.release/obj.target/tools/gyp/libv8_libbase.a' >>>>>>> clang: error: no such file or directory: >>>>>>> 'out/x64.release/obj.target/tools/gyp/libv8_external_snapshot.a' >>>>>>> clang: error: no such file or directory: >>>>>>> 'out/x64.release/obj.target/tools/gyp/libv8_libplatform.a' >>>>>>> clang: error: no such file or directory: >>>>>>> 'out/x64.release/obj.target/third_party/icu/libicuuc.a' >>>>>>> clang: error: no such file or directory: >>>>>>> 'out/x64.release/obj.target/third_party/icu/libicui18n.a' >>>>>>> clang: error: no such file or directory: >>>>>>> 'out/x64.release/obj.target/third_party/icu/libicudata.a' >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any idea how to get it to work? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> v8-dev mailing list >>>>>>> >>>>>> v8-...@googlegroups.com >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/v8-dev >>>>>>> --- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "v8-dev" group. >>>>>>> >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>> send an email to v8-dev+un...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>> -- >>>>> v8-dev mailing list >>>>> v8-...@googlegroups.com >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/v8-dev >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "v8-dev" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to v8-dev+un...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> -- >>> -- >>> v8-dev mailing list >>> v8-...@googlegroups.com >>> http://groups.google.com/group/v8-dev >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "v8-dev" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to v8-dev+un...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- > -- > v8-dev mailing list > v8-dev@googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/v8-dev > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "v8-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to v8-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- v8-dev mailing list v8-dev@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/v8-dev --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "v8-dev" group. 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