I think that Ubuntu built-in protobuf isn't configured to support CMake. I don't think there is a way to workaround this issue other than installing Protobuf from source. You can see how to install Protobuf from https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/test/distrib/cpp/run_distrib_test_cmake.sh
On Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 7:48:49 AM UTC-7 Michael Henke wrote: > I am having the same problem, anyone have an idea on how to move forward.? > > On Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 12:52:06 PM UTC-4 Mandeep Sandhu wrote: > >> bumping this for visibility, in case someone's got ideas on how to debug >> this issue further. >> >> >> On Monday, September 16, 2024 at 1:15:44 PM UTC-7 Mandeep Sandhu wrote: >> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> I'm trying to build gRPC from source using this guide: >>> https://grpc.io/docs/languages/cpp/quickstart/ >>> >>> I'm running Ubuntu 22.04. >>> >>> One thing I'm doing differently is trying to use the system installation >>> of libprobuf & protoc. I'm doing this because I already have a c++ >>> application that uses protobuf & I would like grpc build to use that same >>> installation (the grpc lib will also be used in this c++ application). >>> >>> This is how I configure gRPC: >>> >>> cmake -DgRPC_INSTALL=ON \ >>> -DgRPC_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \ >>> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/home/mandeep/work/grpc/cmake/install" \ >>> -DgRPC_ZLIB_PROVIDER=package \ >>> -DgRPC_PROTOBUF_PROVIDER=package \ >>> ../.. >>> >>> But with this, I get the error that cmake cannot find the protobuf cmake >>> files: >>> >>> CMake Error at cmake/protobuf.cmake:58 (find_package): >>> Could not find a package configuration file provided by "Protobuf" >>> with any >>> of the following names: >>> >>> ProtobufConfig.cmake >>> protobuf-config.cmake >>> >>> Add the installation prefix of "Protobuf" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set >>> "Protobuf_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files. If >>> "Protobuf" provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it >>> has >>> been installed. >>> Call Stack (most recent call first): >>> CMakeLists.txt:377 (include) >>> >>> I understand that the *.cmake files listed in the error message are not >>> provided in any of the ubuntu-provided protobuf packages. >>> >>> I did find "protobuf-config.cmake" >>> under third_party/protobuf/cmake/protobuf, but setting that in the cmake >>> configure step also gives an error, although this time its a different >>> error: >>> >>> -- Could NOT find utf8_range (missing: utf8_range_DIR) >>> CMake Error at >>> third_party/protobuf/cmake/protobuf/protobuf-config.cmake:14 (include): >>> include could not find requested file: >>> >>> >>> /home/mandeep/work/grpc/third_party/protobuf/cmake/protobuf/protobuf-targets.cmake >>> Call Stack (most recent call first): >>> cmake/protobuf.cmake:58 (find_package) >>> CMakeLists.txt:377 (include) >>> >>> Can anyone suggest whats the correct way to configure grpc build to use >>> the system installed protobuf packages? >>> >>> These are the packages install on my system: >>> $ dpkg -l | grep protobuf >>> ii libprotobuf-dev:amd64 >>> 3.12.4-1ubuntu7.22.04.1 amd64 protocol >>> buffers C++ library (development files) and proto files >>> ii libprotobuf-lite23:amd64 >>> 3.12.4-1ubuntu7.22.04.1 amd64 protocol >>> buffers C++ library (lite version) >>> ii libprotobuf23:amd64 >>> 3.12.4-1ubuntu7.22.04.1 amd64 protocol >>> buffers C++ library >>> ii protobuf-compiler >>> 3.12.4-1ubuntu7.22.04.1 amd64 compiler for >>> protocol buffer definition files >>> ii python3-protobuf >>> 3.12.4-1ubuntu7.22.04.1 amd64 Python 3 >>> bindings for protocol buffers >>> >>> Thanks for your time >>> >>> -mandeep >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "grpc.io" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to grpc-io+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/grpc-io/e228b3be-9371-45d0-b842-913e7a9b4443n%40googlegroups.com.
