Github user owen-hortonworks commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/orc/pull/191#discussion_r153620812
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@@ -70,3 +70,25 @@ To build:
% mvn package
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+## Building just C++
+
+~~~ shell
+% mkdir build
+% cd build
+% cmake .. -DBUILD_JAVA=OFF
+% make package test-out
+~~~
+
+## Specify third-party libraries for C++ build
+
+~~~ shell
+% mkdir build
+% cd build
+% GTEST_HOME=<PATH to Google Test library> \
+ SNAPPY_HOME=<PATH to Snappy library> \
+ ZLIB_HOME=<PATH to ZLIB library> \
+ LZ4_HOME=<PATH to LZ4 library> \
+ PROTOBUF_HOME=<PATH to Protobuf library> \
+ cmake .. -DBUILD_JAVA=OFF
+% make package test-out
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I'm using cmake 3.5.1, but it works for me. Why would you need environment
variables instead of cmake variables?
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