Crypto++ is a library that is not useful unless linked to some application. IMHO this means that only those who build applications themselves could/should have interest in it. And if a person is able to compile his application - it shouldn’t be too big a big deal for him to compile a library provided in a source form.
As an alternative, I’d like to point out several software repositories that serve and maintain Crypto++ in binary form (as a compiled library and a set of header files): Macports (for Mac OS X) Homebrew (for Mac OS X) Ubuntu Software One (or whatever’s the name of the main repo) CentOS (RPM) …probably others… If there’s no such repository for Windows, what can I say? Crypto++ developers/maintainers have neither time nor desire (and probably not the ability) to maintain binary releases for all the platforms Crypto++ is designed to run on. Windows platform definitely won’t be an exception. > On Sep 8, 2015, at 17:28 , Jean-Pierre Münch <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Am 08.09.2015 um 03:10 schrieb Jeffrey Walton: >> >> >> On Monday, September 7, 2015 at 7:50:09 PM UTC-4, William Elliott wrote: >> Tried 5.6.2... All I really need is a compiled cryptlib file, and cant seem >> to find one anyhere... >> >> With checksums nowadays, I really see no need for the added security of >> requiring you to build from src :( >> >> OK, so it took me some time to parse this and understand what you were >> asking or stating. You want an installer with prebuilt binaries, like >> Shining Light does for OpenSSL >> (https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html >> <https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html>). Is that correct? > I think he's indeed asking for some sort of pre-built library. This would > mean we'd supply the pre-built .lib files and the user could use them right > out-of-the-box if he has access to our headers and they're *guaranteed* to > work. > > I'm not sure if this is feasible though, as I don't know *how many* libraries > we'd have to supply. Only the VS2005 build? All the builds from 2005 to 2015? > All the GCC builds? And note that each .lib file tends to be rather large (a > few MB compared to the one MB of the zipped source) > > Concerning the issues he's facing *may* be a misconfiguration, as we don't > supply pre-defined Code::Blocks project files so the IDE may not know that it > should output a lib files and just gives the standard .o intermediate files. > > BR > > JPM >> >> ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR SRC IS FUSSY >> >> Example... never had a problem running the DirectX libraries... >> >> Hmm... I'm not sure what this issue is. We'd need to see more details. But >> before going down a rabbit hole, you should start by using a more modern >> Crypto++. >> >> Jeff >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Crypto++ Users" >> Google Group. >> To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> More information about Crypto++ and this group is available at >> <http://www.cryptopp.com/>http://www.cryptopp.com <http://www.cryptopp.com/>. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Crypto++ Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Crypto++ Users" > Google Group. > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]. > More information about Crypto++ and this group is available at > http://www.cryptopp.com <http://www.cryptopp.com/>. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Crypto++ Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Crypto++ Users" Google Group. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]. More information about Crypto++ and this group is available at http://www.cryptopp.com. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Crypto++ Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
