1 `json-c` 2 ======== 3 4 Building on Unix with `git`, `gcc` and `autotools` 5 -------------------------------------------------- 6 7 Home page for json-c: https://github.com/json-c/json-c/wiki 8 9 Caution: do **NOT** use sources from svn.metaparadigm.com, 10 they are old. 11 12 Prerequisites: 13 14 - `gcc`, `clang`, or another C compiler 15 - `libtool` 16 17 If you're not using a release tarball, you'll also need: 18 19 - `autoconf` (`autoreconf`) 20 - `automake` 21 22 Make sure you have a complete `libtool` install, including `libtoolize`. 23 24 `json-c` GitHub repo: https://github.com/json-c/json-c 25 26 ```bash 27 $ git clone https://github.com/json-c/json-c.git 28 $ cd json-c 29 $ sh autogen.sh 30 ``` 31 32 followed by 33 34 ```bash 35 $ ./configure 36 $ make 37 $ make install 38 ``` 39 40 To build and run the test programs: 41 42 ```bash 43 $ make check 44 ``` 45 46 Linking to `libjson-c` 47 ---------------------- 48 49 If your system has `pkgconfig`, 50 then you can just add this to your `makefile`: 51 52 ```make 53 CFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --cflags json-c) 54 LDFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --libs json-c) 55 ``` 56 57 Without `pkgconfig`, you would do something like this: 58 59 ```make 60 JSON_C_DIR=/path/to/json_c/install 61 CFLAGS += -I$(JSON_C_DIR)/include/json-c 62 LDFLAGS+= -L$(JSON_C_DIR)/lib -ljson-c 63 ``` 64
